// Over 90 M&Co employees are set to take legal action against the retailer over redundancies
// According to Morrish Solicitors, which represents M&Co employees, there was “no advance warning” of redundancies
Over 90 M&Co employees are taking legal action against M&Co over redundancies after claiming they were let go from their posts without a consultation period.
Its administrator Teneo made a number of redundancies at the fashion retailer‘s head office and distribution centre in Inchinnan, and their buying office in London shortly before Christmas in 2022.
Earlier this year the business was purchased by the owner of plus size retailer Yours Clothing AK Retail Holdings for an undisclosed sum, but the retailer’s store estate was not part of the purchase, resulting in over around 1,900 job losses.
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According to Morrish Solicitors, which represents M&Co employees, there was “no advance warning” of redundancies.
“There should have been an information and consultation period before any decisions were made to make redundancies,” it stated.
Morrish Solicitors employment solicitor Omar Ghaffoor said: “With just weeks to go until Christmas and without any warning, staff were made redundant at M&Co,”
“We have therefore been instructed to lodge Employment Tribunal proceedings for more than 90 individuals from both sites to secure compensation for what happened.”
“Where more than 20 redundancies are made at one workplace without an information and consultation process, those made redundant can pursue a claim for a protective award – compensation of up to 90 days’ pay per employee. Some of that can be recovered from the national insurance fund.
“Those involved in these legal proceedings could therefore receive up to £4,568 depending on their weekly pay and subject to deductions.”
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