“What happened to the Connaught workers?”

The Connaught Saga is I hope coming to an end. The issue about redundancy was resolved a long time hence and I am pleased to report that the new contractor Lovells has confirmed in writing that they will be seeking to have “Admitted Body Status” thus enabling these former council workers to remain in the Pension Scheme.

The only remaining issue which I have been attempting to resolve is the non–payment of overtime worked for Connaught’s throughout the summer. The new contractor Lovells took on responsibility from 1 September & any payments before this date had to be claimed from KPMG the liquidators for Connaught’s.

It is important to note that we are not talking about a relatively large sum of money for a big organisation. The amount in total owed to our members is less than £13,000. However the overtime payments due to our members does mean a lot to them and in light of the difficult times ahead every penny counts.

Our members wrote to KPMG. KPMG have written back explaining that they must go back to Lovells.

I will not let this matter drop until every worker has been paid.