article_snippet: MPs investigating collapse say today
article_snippet: ‘The system provides perverse incentives to withhold information or to skip proper consultation processes in contravention of the law and at a high cost to workers struggling to cope with the loss of workers struggling to cope with the loss of their livelihoods livelihoods.
article_snippet: the joint committee recommended the government review the requirements for consultation on redundancies so that employees understand what employees can expect and company directors have a clear understanding of employees responsibility to employees.
article_snippet: the joint committee said: ‘The processes for company insolvency do not offer sufficient protection to workers, suppliers and contractors and the balance should be shifted’.
article_snippet: The politicians called for workers should be given better rights under the Insolvency Act 1986 regardless of whether or not The politicians called for workers are directly employed.
article_snippet: Contractors feel Contractors were deliberately deceived as to the true state of the business.