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<p>Three thousand of the 9,000 staff employed by Thomas Cook were retained after the
commencement of the liquidation to assist repatriation work and the liquidation process.
This included many at the HQ in Peterborough responsible for areas such as payroll.</p><p>As
a result, a number of the Peterborough claims are from employees made redundant in
the last week following the end of the repatriation exercise and are therefore currently
still being assessed and processed for payment. Administering redundancy payments
is an ongoing process as claims are verified and further payroll information is received.
The Redundancy Payments Service will process outstanding payments as quickly as possible.</p><p>As
of 29 October 2019, of the 7,627 former Thomas Cook employees who have submitted claims
to the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service, 7,483 have received one or
more payment. Of the 587 former Thomas Cook employees who specifically state in their
claim that Peterborough was their place of work, 555 have received one or more payment.</p>
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