Roberts Bakery Workers Left Unpaid
Dozens of Roberts Bakery workers have lost their redundancy packages and pay already earned after the firm was bought and renamed by a billionaire food magnate.
In July, Frank Roberts & Sons, the bakery's parent firm, announced 250 workers were entering a compulsory redundancy consultation period. 86 workers were deemed surplus to requirements, and their contractual notice periods were enacted.
- 86 workers lost their redundancy packages
- Workers lost pay already earned
- Contractual notice periods varied in length
Workers with the shortest notice periods were expecting to finish next week, while many expected to still have jobs until Friday, December 12.
No comment from the billionaire food magnate was available.
Author's summary: Roberts Bakery workers left unpaid after firm's rescue deal.