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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Business
Emma Munbodh

Former Debenhams workers win £350,000 in legal battle over redundancies

Ex-Debenhams workers have won a £350,000 legal battle for failing to be informed of the chain’s collapse before it went public.

Debenhams shut all of its stores in January 2021 after admitting it had gone bankrupt, triggering 18,500 job cuts.

Employees at the time complained they were told their careers were ending over text messages and Zoom calls on the same day the business stopped trading.

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