Ex-SSI Steelworkers Awarded Share Of £6.25m

Sacked steelworkers have been awarded a share of £6.25m, following the collapse of the SSI plant on Teesside last year. The Community union said the ruling, by an employment tribunal, meant that 1,100 former employees would receive up to eight weeks' pay from the Government's Redundancy Payments Office because of a lack of consultation on the site's closure. It added that the workers could have shared up to £14m had SSI UK not been liquidated following its collapse last year leaving