This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Protect staff pay in event of company administration
Better regulate administration of large companies to protect employees from being left with less than 40% of their entitled notice and redundancy pay whilst administrators and company directors walk away with millions.
Case in point - Arcadia administration
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Now more than ever after living through almost a year of this pandemic it is vital that staff are better protected. Covid has had far reaching financial implications on millions of households and now thousands more will be left with next to nothing from being made redundant while administrators walk away with fees in the millions paid in full and company directors face no penalties. This has to change
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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We understand that you are concerned about employees losing entitlements if an employer goes into administration, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
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