Carillion Carillion: 11,800 wait to learn their fate as 4,400 more jobs are saved Employees transferred in prison and defence contracts – but more than 1,000 ex-staff have lost jobs So far 6,668 jobs out of the 19,500-strong workforce have been saved. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAMore than 4,400 staff who worked for collapsed government contractor Carillion will keep their jobs, the Insolvency Service has said, after new companies were found to provide prison maintenance and services for military bases. The latest update takes the total number of Carillion jobs that have been saved since the company’s failure last month to 6,668, more than a third of its 19,500-strong workforce. Companies like Carillion have to keep projects on budget and keep winning new contracts. The official receiver advised those who have lost their jobs to seek support through the government’s Jobcentre Plus rapid response service and to make a claim for redundancy payments.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2018 12:02 UTC