Former staff at collapsed groundworks firm win payout

Grant Prior 12 months ago
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Former workers at a collapsed Kent groundworks contractor are set to receive cash payouts after being dismissed without consultation.

Twenty seven ex-staff at Ellicon Construction have won their legal battle after they were dismissed without proper consultation last summer when the firm went into administration.

Their case was taken up by legal specialist Nualaw who secured a protective award after an employment tribunal accepted Ellicon failed to consult on the redundancies as it went into administration.

Each worker will now receive up to £5,144 paid for by the Redundancy Payments Service given the company’s insolvency.

Latest accounts filed at Companies House for the year to May 31 2020 show Ellicon had a turnover of £10.6m generating a pre-tax profit of £338,000 and employed 86 staff.

The family-run firm had been in business since 20o2 and worked for a host of main contractors and developers across the south east.

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