Roberts Bakery Workers Left Unpaid and Without Redundancy
Dozens of Roberts Bakery workers have lost their redundancy packages and pay already earned after the firm was bought and renamed by a billionaire food magnate.
In July, the struggling Frank Roberts & Sons, the bakery's parent firm, announced that 250 workers were entering a compulsory redundancy consultation period. It is understood that 86 of these workers were deemed surplus to requirements, and their contractual notice periods were enacted.
- 86 workers were deemed surplus to requirements
- Contractual notice periods varied for each worker, depending on the length of time they had worked for the 138-year-old company
Those with the shortest notice periods were expecting to finish next week, while many expected still to have jobs until Friday, December 12.
Workers have been left feeling "shafted" after the rescue deal.
Author's summary: Dozens of workers lost redundancy packages and pay.