Lawyers acting for staff of collaspsed used car firm

FORMER staff of the nationwide used car dealership Carcraft are set to mount a group employment action against the business.

The firm’s 500 employees were made redundant immediately after the firm went into administration at the end of April.

It was later revealed that it had been making multi-million pound losses for several years.

Carl Moran, an employment law partner at JMW Solicitors, said he had been contacted by a number of Carcraft personnel anxious to make a claim against the company.

Mr Moran and his colleagues recently lodged employment tribunal proceedings on behalf of 350 workers of the collapsed parcel carrier City Link.

He said that despite operating in different industries, there were similarities in what action was open to those left jobless by Carcraft’s demise.

“Some of those people who have contacted us in the last few weeks have been surprised to learn that they could still pursue a claim even after receiving their April wages on the day that the company closed.

“However, anyone who is dismissed with little or no warning is entitled to up to 12 weeks’ notice pay, depending on how long they have worked for a firm, and as much as six weeks’ holiday pay too.

“Furthermore, if they worked at a site with more than 20 employees, they can become part of a collective bargaining group and seek up to eight weeks’ pay as additional compensation.”