How to Make a Protective Award Claim?

Are you entitled to make a protective award claim? To achieve this award of compensation you must meet specific requirements. In this article our specialist employment solicitors explain who is eligible and how to make a protective award claim.

Making a Protective Award Claim

In order to make a protective award claim, you must have been involved in either of the following scenarios:

  1. Redundancy – If you are 1 of at least 20 employees at one workplace who have recently been made redundant or have been informed that your role is at risk of redundancy, you may be eligible to bring forward a claim.
  2. TUPE – If you have recently been (TUPE) transferred to a new employer or informed that you are to be transferred to a new employer, you may be eligible to make a claim.

For further information please read our article explaining what is a protective award and am I entitled to one.
If you would like to discuss a potential claim with a member of our employment team, please call us on 033 3344 9603 or email [email protected] with your request.

7 Simple Steps to Make a Protective Award Claim

Below we explain how to make a protective award claim with Morrish Solicitors in 7 simple steps:

  1. Contact us – Firstly, you will need to contact us with as much information as you can regarding your redundancy or transfer between employers.
  2. Consultation – Next, we will hold a free initial consultation and assessment where we will evaluate your potential claim.
  3. Claim submission – After the consultation, if you have a viable claim and instruct us to act for you under a ‘no win, no fee’ agreement, we will submit your claim via ACAS and, if required, an employment tribunal.
  4. Negotiation – Our experienced employment solicitors will try negotiate a settlement and explore the possibility of a resolution without a full hearing, although this is not always possible.
  5. Tribunal hearing – In the event that the case cannot be settled beforehand, a Tribunal hearing will take place for a decision to be made.
  6. Protective award – If the granted in your favour, you could be entitled up to 90 days’ pay (redundancy) or up to 13 weeks’ pay (TUPE)
  7. Compensation recovery – Where the employer is insolvent, this is recovered from the government’s insolvency service (subject to caps) or in any other case from the employer direct.

Please view our submitting a protective award infographic.

Specialist Employment Solicitors Leeds & Yorkshire

Morrish Solicitors are a Yorkshire based Law Firm with a national presence. We provide clear, honest and professional legal advice to private clients, Trade Unions, Associations and their members. Our employment solicitors specialise in protective award claims and have helped thousands of individuals recover compensation after they were made redundant without consultation.
We have a wealth of experience in settling protective award claims including high profile cases such as:

  • Recently we worked alongside the TSSA to secure a successful employment tribunal judgement against Thomas Cook, meaning up to 1,500 former employees could claim as much as £4,200 from the Insolvency Service
  • We won claims for over 100 former Phones 4U employees who were made redundant without consultation when the company went into administration.
  • Secured protective award claims for over 250 former City Link employees who were made redundant without consultation.

If you’d like to speak to a member of our employment team regarding a protective award claim please call us on 033 3344 9600, email [email protected] with the details of your enquiry, or simply fill in our online contact us form.
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