If Woolworths store closures have hit Argyll’s big towns, spare a thought for its workers in the Channel Islands

Because UK statutory redundancy payments do not apply in the Channel Islands, the Administrators for Woolworths have told the 120 staff who were employed in the company’s stores in Jersey and Guernsey that they will not be receiving any redundancy pay.

The BBC is reporting that the Administrators considered making a special payment to Jersey staff but decided  not to as ‘it would set a difficult precedent’.

Woolworths’ staff in Campbeltown, Dunoon, Helensburgh, Rothesay and Oban at least had that minimum legal protection.