Former Monarch employees promised redundancy claims support

The hundreds of employees made redundant following the collapse of airline Monarch are to receive information from administrators on making redundancy claims.

Blair Nimmo, partner at KPMG and joint administrator of the airline and its travel arm, said information packs were being dispatched to the former employees and all should have been received by the end of tomorrow.

A total of 1,858 employees were made redundant when Monarch Airlines and Monarch Travel Group collapsed into administration on Monday. Of these, 1,760 were employees of Monarch Airlines, while 98 were employed by Monarch Travel Group – 389 of the people were employed at Birmingham Airport.

Mr Nimmo said: “Since our appointment, one of our key priorities has been to speak to all of the companies’ employees across all locations and provide them with the support and assistance they need at this distressing time.

“We have retained the company’s 17-strong HR team to provide assistance to the rest of the workforce, including help in making claims to the Redundancy Payments Office. Their support, at what is also a very difficult time for them, has been crucial and we are very grateful to them. All employees will be receiving a substantial pack of correspondence from the Joint Administrators to assist them with making their claims.

“In addition, and with support from the secured creditors, the Monarch HR team will be holding jobs fairs over the coming days and weeks to try to get as many people as possible back in to work as soon as possible. We have also been in contact with Unite and BALPA (British Airline Pilots Association), who have been proactive in speaking to airlines to source job opportunities, providing them with any information they need to assist.”

He said the administrators had already been contacted by a number of employers both in Luton and elsewhere who have vacant positions available.

“We are ensuring that we are diligently cascading this information to the Monarch HR teams and the unions,” added Mr Nimmo.

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