‘Amazing victory’ as Arcadia U-turns on redundancies
General union Unite has declared "an amazing victory" after Arcadia - whose high street brands include Topman, Topshop and Dorothy Perkins - agreed to pay full salaries for head office staff facing redundancy.
Unite had threatened to take legal action for illegal deduction of earnings on behalf of more than 40 staff after media reports that Arcadia, which in July announced 500 redundancies, was only going to pay its head office staff 50% of their notice pay.
Unite regional officer Debbie McSweeney said: “We welcome this news that Arcadia has U-turned and has now promised to pay head office staff full pay during their notice period.
“We understand that it is almost without precedent for Arcadia to apologise for such behaviour towards employees – but this situation should have never been allowed to happen in the first place by Sir Philip Green, one of the country’s richest men.
“Unite will want to examine the Arcadia statement in detail before finally deciding to withdraw our legal action.”