Staff who were sacked without notice while working for an outsourced council housing maintenance service have won their tribunal after a four and a half year battle.
The 200 workers lost their jobs in 2010 when their employer Connaught went into administration. The contractor was delivering the service on behalf of Norwich City Council.
Staff have been awarded the maximum 12 weeks’ pay but this has been capped at £350 per week for eight weeks due to the fact that Connaught is no longer in business and payments will be made by the Redundancy Payments Office.
Brian Rye, regional secretary of construction union UCATT’s eastern region, said: ‘This has been a very long and protracted fight for justice and I am delighted that these dedicated workers, who were sacked without warning, will now finally receive compensation.
‘UCATT has always promised that it would win justice for the former Connaught workforce and we have delivered on that promise.’
