Employee Rights in Corporate Insolvency - 9780367321543

Taylor & Francis

Employee Rights in Corporate InsolvencyA UK and US Perspective\nAuthor(s): Hamiisi Nsubuga\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367321543, 978-0367321543\nSynopsis\nThis book analyses corporate rescue laws, processes and policies prescribed in\n\ncorporate insolvency or bankruptcy laws, and employment laws of the UK and\n\nthe US, with a particular focus on how extant employee rights are treated when\n\na debtor employer initiates corporate insolvency proceedings.\n\nThe commencement of formal insolvency proceedings by an employer affects\n\nemployees rights and interests. Employment laws seek to protect employees rights\n\nand interests, while insolvency laws seek to promote corporate rescue, which may\n\nentail workforce changes. Consequently, this creates a tension between whose\n\ninterest insolvency law should give primacy of protection. The book analyses how\n\ncorporate rescue processes such as administration,.