Lawyers investigating AutoRestore redundancies

Law firm Simpson Millar is investigating allegations that AutoRestore staff at its Northamptonshire headquarters were made redundant earlier this month before proper consultations could take place.

Simpson Millar claims a number of former AutoRestore employees have contacted them saying their contracts were terminated without warning. Some have also said they were told they would not be paid for work already done.

Simpson Millar has now launched an eligibility checker, enabling former employees to establish if they might be eligible to claim.

Anita North, an employment law expert at Simpson Millar, said: “We have spoken to a number of people who have been directly affected as a result of job losses at the company’s Northamptonshire headquarters, and we are in the early stages of investigating whether more should have done to consult with staff.”

Although the AutoRestore website is still live, according to Companies House records of the appointment of administrators Turpin Barker Armstrong Insolvency Practitioners were filed on Monday 20 June.

North added, “Regardless of whether a company is struggling financially, it does have a duty under current employment law legislation to carry out a proper consultation with staff at risk of redundancy. Where that does not happen, employees can bring a claim for a Protective Award.”