When a company becomes insolvent, whether or not a shareholder and director is an employee, within the meaning of section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA), for the purposes of a claim for statutory redundancy payment from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, can be difficult to ascertain. This article actually reviews a Real life case study of a Company Director that was paid a salary to commensurate with their roles as the senior managers of the business. They did not recei
