FORMER employees of Glasgow-based Land Engineering Scotland Ltd have begun legal action to secure a better redundancy package after losing their jobs with just a couple of hours notice.
They are working with the legal team at Thompsons Solicitors, who defeated Sports Direct boss Mike Ashely in court after he sacked staff at an Ayrshire Warehouse with just 15 minutes’ notice.
The same team also secured a six-figure pay out for workers at the Tullis Russell paper mill in Fife after they were dumped by bosses at short notice without consultation.
Land Engineering Scotland went into administration at the beginning of June this year leaving over 100 loyal employees out of work. They were given almost no notice they were losing their job.
Thompsons Solicitors are Scotland’s leading employment lawyers and have close links to the Trades Union movement. They were quick to take up the case of the Land Engineering workers.
Peter O’Donnell, a partner with Thompsons Solicitors who championed the previous successful claims against Mike Ashley and Tullis Russell, said: “The way these decent men and women were treated by management has been shameful. To be given almost no notice of redundancy is not only cold-hearted it is also against the law.”
He added the fight had now begun to get the workers more redundancy money and is calling on all former workers to join them.
“We are beginning legal action to secure a better redundancy payout,” added O’Donnell.
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