The European Court of Justice has ruled that the UK's pension protection provision failed to safeguard thousands of Allied Steel and Wire workers.
However the court’s judgement added that the EU insolvency directive did not force member states to “fund the right to old age benefits” – and sent the case back to the High Court for a final rulin...
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