Insolvency

New and updated

• Date:

  2 November 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Handling HR nightmares

  We look at workplace scenarios that can strike fear into the heart of the most experienced HR professionals, including issues relating to: discipline and grievances; redundancy; and new legislation.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Redundancy

  Updated to reflect that the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act has received Royal Assent.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How much of an insolvent employer's debt will the Secretary of State repay to employees?

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Insolvency payments

  Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2023.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Insolvency of employer

  Updated to reflect the increase in the maximum amount of a week's pay for payments by the Secretary of State, effective from 6 April 2023.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Compensation - pay and statutory payments

  Updated to take into account the increase in the cap on a week's pay with effect from 6 April 2023.

• Date:

  30 June 2017

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Insolvency: TUPE rights may be retained following "pre-pack" administration

  The European Court of Justice has held that "pre-pack" administration, which is designed to facilitate the sale of a business as a going concern in the event of insolvency, may not prevent employees from having TUPE rights.

• Date:

  18 November 2015

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Redundancy consultation: maximum protective awards for former City Link employees in Northern Ireland

  A Northern Ireland tribunal has awarded protective awards of 90 days' pay to former City Link employees over the company's failure to consult on their redundancies.

• Date:

  22 January 2014

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  TUPE and insolvency: EAT considers limited circumstances in which employees do not transfer

  In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal examined the TUPE provisions that mean that employees do not automatically transfer where the transferor is "under the supervision of an insolvency practitioner".

• Date:

  9 January 2012

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  No TUPE exemption for transfers from companies in administration

  The Court of Appeal has held that the transfer from a company in administration does not lead to an exemption from automatic employee transfer under reg.8(7) of TUPE.