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The £20m turnover business based in Halesowen firm collapsed last month, with debts estimated to be in excess of £4m.
Law firm Simpson Millar said it has been contacted by former workers from Birmingham, West Yorkshire, Dudley and Leicester claiming they were not consulted over the job losses.
The legal firm’s specialist employment team has now begun investigations into whether a Protective Award can be secured for those affected.
The firm has also urged those affected to take action if they too would like to be involved in the legal action because ex-employees have just three months less one day from when they were made redundant to make a claim.
Anita North, an employment law expert at Simpson Millar, explains: “Over the past few days we have spoken to a growing number of people who have been directly affected as a result of job losses at P&R Morson & Company, and are in the early stages of investigating whether more should have done to consult with staff.”
She added: “Regardless of whether a company is struggling financially, it does have a duty under current employment law legislation to carry out a proper consultation with staff at risk of redundancies. Where that does not happen, employees can bring a claim for a Protective Award.”
Employment law
A Protective Award is a payment awarded by an Employment Tribunal in cases where an employer fails to follow the correct procedure when making 20 or more redundancies and, where an Employment Tribunal finds in the favour of the employees, they will be able to access the funds via the Government Insolvency Service.
Where an Employment Tribunal finds in the favour of the employees, they will be able to access the funds of up to £4,568 via the Government Insolvency Service.
Simpson Millar has since launched an eligibility checker so that people can see if they are eligible to make a claim.
