WORKERS who have been left on the breadline since an iconic Glasgow bakery went bust are readying themselves for a legal battle to secure their ‘missing’ redundancy cash.
The government's Redundancy Payment Service have told ex-employees that they will receive nothing from their coffers after ruling the firm was still solvent when it was rescued by angel investors. They claim a TUPE transfer took place, meaning that the roles were legally transferred to new owners, Phoenix Volt, who insist they are not responsible, as well as claiming they have the documents to prove that a TUPE transaction never took place.
He added: “The employees were all shocked when they received letters from the Redundancy Payments Service telling them they would not get their money because they had been TUPE transferred to a company they had never heard of. He added “I thought I’d be with Mortons until I retired, now I’m living off Universal Credit. Every week I’m worried about having enough left to buy“I’ve worked all my days and never thought I’d end up in a position like this. We’ve been left on the scrap-heap.”, has been vital in workers finding a path to recover the redundancy they are owed.
“The UK Government’s Insolvency Service has ruled that former employees are not entitled to redundancy pay as their employment was transferred to Phoenix Volt Ltd before Mortons Rolls Ltd went into insolvency. We previously told how a consortium of local businesspeople, led by entrepreneur John McIlvogue, managed to secure 110 posts at the bakery. Mr McIlvogue vowed at the time that he would work to get all 230 people back on the payroll.Speaking exclusively to the Glasgow Times today, he insisted that he will do everything in his power to make sure staff get what they entitled to - but reiterated that the new owners believe they are not responsible for the unpaid redundancy settlements.
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