Marcus Worthington

Protective Award cases members of our Employment team have acted on: Marcus Worthington

North West based construction firm, Marcus Worthington and Company was placed into administration in October 2019 and administrators, PWC were appointed.

Upon the administration, around 130 jobs were put at risk. Most of those roles were made redundant on 9^th October 2019 however some jobs were saved by transferring a portion of the roles into the residential division of the Marcus Worthington Group, Hollinwood Homes.

Directors of the company blamed economic uncertainty and a lack of funding as the cause of the collapse.

SDM Legal were approached by circa 50 former employees shortly after the administration with a view to presenting a Protective Award claim.

Under s.188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA), an employer is obligated to collectively consult with its employees when proposing to make redundancies. As the company were proposing to make more than 100 employees redundant, the consultation period should have lasted over 45 days. As the employees were not consulted with in any capacity regarding their redundancies, they were eligible to make a claim for the Protective Award which is worth up to 90 days’ pay.

The case remains ongoing.