Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 14404

Conditions of Employment: Insolvency

Tabled: 14 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to strengthen employee rights for those who were employed by an employer that has become insolvent.

Answer

Justin Madders
When an employer enters insolvency, the Government’s Redundancy Payments Service (RPS) can pay statutory amounts owed to employees from the National Insurance Fund. These include redundancy pay, holiday pay, arrears of pay, compensatory notice pay and pen...

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