The Guardian: Cath Kidston agrees to hand over pay owed to UK staff in U-turn

Decision comes after an outcry from workers when all 60 UK stores were permanently closed

Cath Kidston has agreed to hand over three weeks of back pay owed to staff after outcry over the treatment of more than 900 workers left struggling for cash by being made redundant less than a week before pay day.

Just over 900 people who were made redundant on Tuesday, with immediate effect, were told they would not be paid more than three weeks of salary due on Friday. An email to staff made clear they would also not receive any holiday pay, redundancy pay or compensatory notice settlement because of “the company’s current financial position”.

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https://ift.tt/eA8V8J by Sarah Butler

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