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<p>In an insolvent situation, the Government steps in to offer a level of protection
to employees who would otherwise receive nothing from their insolvent employer. Payments
are made by the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service within certain statutory
limits.</p><p>a) A specialist team was set up to process the high volume of redundancy
claims from former Thomas Cook employees to ensure payments were received as quickly
as possible.</p><p>b) Where claims are received from former employees of companies
in compulsory liquidation, the Redundancy Payments Service pays on average within
14 days of receipt of information from the employee.</p>
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