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14/11/2012
Call Centre Staff Lose Redundancy Payments To Administrators
Thirty former employees of a call centre have learnt they won’t be paid redundancy as the firm has gone into liquidation.
Administrators KPMG told staff at the Buncrana-based Assetco Managed Services on Tuesday night their positions providing support services to the London Fire Brigade have been done away with.
It is understood that London Fire Brigade failed to renew a major contract for parent company Assetco London Ltd leading to the closure of the business and its Irish subsidiary.
The workers have also been told that they will not receive redundancy packages because the company has gone into liquidation.
The company who won the new contract, Babcock, will take on most of the London-based employees, while the Irish subsidiary is to close with the loss of all 30 positions.
KPMG, who are acting on behalf on London banks, broke the news to staff.
A spokesman for the Donegal call-centre staff said they are considering their positions and are even thinking of staging a sit-in at the plant.
“We have been very loyal to Assetco London and this is how we have been rewarded,” he said.
“We would like London Fire Brigade to know this and to know how we are being treated.
“There are 30 families being thrown on the scrapheap just before Christmas it’s just not on,” added a spokesman.
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Administrators KPMG told staff at the Buncrana-based Assetco Managed Services on Tuesday night their positions providing support services to the London Fire Brigade have been done away with.
It is understood that London Fire Brigade failed to renew a major contract for parent company Assetco London Ltd leading to the closure of the business and its Irish subsidiary.
The workers have also been told that they will not receive redundancy packages because the company has gone into liquidation.
The company who won the new contract, Babcock, will take on most of the London-based employees, while the Irish subsidiary is to close with the loss of all 30 positions.
KPMG, who are acting on behalf on London banks, broke the news to staff.
A spokesman for the Donegal call-centre staff said they are considering their positions and are even thinking of staging a sit-in at the plant.
“We have been very loyal to Assetco London and this is how we have been rewarded,” he said.
“We would like London Fire Brigade to know this and to know how we are being treated.
“There are 30 families being thrown on the scrapheap just before Christmas it’s just not on,” added a spokesman.
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