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Mar 2023
Law firm to represent about 100 staff at failed Harrogate firm
Almost 100 staff at failed Harrogate telemarketing company Amvoc are to take legal action over the way redundancies were managed.
The Stray Ferret revealed yesterday up to 450 people received an email at about 10pm on Tuesday night from chief executive Damian Brockway informing them the firm had ceased with immediate effect.
Mr Brockway said the company had entered administration and blamed "covid debts".
Based at Cardale Park in Harrogate, Amvoc also has offices in Leeds and Manchester.
Within hours of the news breaking, employment law firm Aticus Law said it had been contacted by 91 people affected.
The firm said it was now in the early stages of investigating the circumstances of the company’s collapse and concerns around how the redundancy process was managed.
It was also looking into whether ex-employees were eligible to claim for a protective award claim against the company.
Aticus said if its clients were able to successfully pursue a claim, those involved would receive up to eight weeks’ worth of pay in compensation, with a cap of £571 per week.
The Manchester-based firm is currently representing over 130 ex-employees to bring a protective award claim against Made.com which entered into administration last year, around a dozen former employees of FlyBe, and more than 50 staff who lost their jobs when BritishVolt collapsed earlier this year.
Edward Judge, a founding partner at Aticus Law said:
A protective award is compensation awarded by an employment tribunal if an employer fails in its duties.
Mr Judge added:
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Mr Brockway's email to staff, seen by the Stray Ferret, said:
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