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Employment

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    How a company's insolvency affects its employees—this Practice Note sets out the position of an employee when the company where they are employed enters a formal insolvency process, such as compulsory winding-up (compulsory liquidation), voluntary winding-up (voluntary liquidation), administration, administrative receivership or the appointment of a receiver by the court. It deals with what an employee’s legal position is at that point, the priority of their claim against the company for any unpaid wages and other remuneration,

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