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2023년 8월 30일

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Tom Bottomley, The Industry.fashion

UK: Over 400 former Debenhams staff win £860,000 in legal battle over redundancies

"Hundreds of ex-Debenhams staff win redundancy legal battle paving way for £860,000 pay-out", 30 August 2023

More than 400 former Debenhams staff who lost their jobs after the company went into administration have won their legal battle against the business after a tribunal judge ruled that it had “failed in its duty to consult with its staff”. 

News that the former high street giant was in difficulties hit the headlines in April 2020, with the company later confirming that it was to close all of its branches.

Following the announcement, more than 800 affected staff instructed employment law experts at Simpson Millar to pursue legal action on their behalf, amid claims that they were not consulted correctly and redundancy consultation processes were not followed.

Earlier this month, the Employment Tribunal found in favour of the first 419 claimants, with a judge ruling that Debenhams had failed in its duty to consult with staff at risk of redundancy.

Lawyers representing the workers say the value of the claim is now being calculated and is expected to be in the region of £860,000.

Simpson Millar is also representing a further 475 clients who are bringing a Protective Award claim against Debenhams, and final judgments are awaited for those claimants.

Lawyer at Simpson Millar, Amanda McKinley, commented: ..“In this case the employment tribunal Judge has ruled that the retailer failed in its duty under UK employment law legislation to carry out proper consultation with staff at risk of redundancies, and the outcome of the legal action now paves the way to secure a payout in the form of a protective award for our clients which is expected to be in the region of £860k.”...

McKinley added: “As a result of the employment tribunal judgments our clients will now be compensated by up to 90 days’ gross pay, albeit capped at £4,304 given that the company is insolvent...

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