Ex-Shropshire Woolworths staff to share in compensation payout
More than 50 workers at former Woolworths stores in and around Shropshire are set for long-awaited payouts after a landmark court case ruled in their favour.
Shopworkers' union Usdaw has been fighting on behalf of 4,400 former workers at Woolworths and Ethel Austin stores, who missed out on redundancy payouts after the collapse of the businesses.
Now they are set to share more than £5 million after a legal case at the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Usdaw General Secretary John Hannett said: "I am absolutely delighted with this decision. It has corrected the clear injustice of denying compensation to staff purely on the basis of the number of employees at each individual store."
A spokesman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills declined to comment.