Redundancy and holiday pay

Ktgit121

Hi
ive just been informed by my boss that our barber shop is not going to reopen and the 26th June will be our last pay day. He said there will no redundancy and no holiday pay due to lack of funds.i have worked there nearly 6 years doing 20 hours per week,
can this be correct??.
cheers kevin.

General_Grant

Ktgit121 said:

Hi
ive just been informed by my boss that our barber shop is not going to reopen and the 26th June will be our last pay day. He said there will no redundancy and no holiday pay due to lack of funds.i have worked there nearly 6 years doing 20 hours per week,
can this be correct??.
cheers kevin.

No.  That is not correct.

When does your holiday year begin?
When would you have worked there six years?
What do your written particulars of employment say about your pay - how much, what frequency?

Masomnia

Is the company insolvent/in administration that you know of?

Ktgit121

Holiday starts September 
Start work in September
Did not have a contract??

General_Grant

Ktgit121 said:

Holiday starts September 
Start work in September
Did not have a contract??

Glad you recognise that "written particulars of employment" are often called the contract.  However, as you worked and got paid, you obviously had a contract but, if you ever had written particulars, you don't have them now.

So, in the absence of those written particulars, how much did you get paid and how frequently?  Did you get payslips?

sharpe106

If the company goes insolvent then you can claim of the government, if it goes into administration the administrators will take over and tell you what to do. If the owner has decided to just stop trading then they still have to pay you redundancy/holiday pay. So you need to find out how the company is closing.

Ktgit121

Hi yes i got paid every week and got payslis. My boss is just closing the shop and definitely not going into administration. So i will now need to go on job seekers allowance. 
Where can i get help to persue this situation  against my employer..
Thanks kevin

sharpe106

Actually closing a business is not as simple as just going right where shut. There is a legal process that they have to follow. Basically all bills etc need to be paid, which include staff. If they are refusing to pay anything best start is ACAS or CAB for further advice. But you can start looking at what other benefits you are entitled to in the meantime. 

https://www.acas.org.uk/
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

Ktgit121

Thanks sharpe106...