Teneo Financial Advisory was appointed as administrator yesterday (30 May), after failing to secure a buyer for the womenswear etailer.

The company employed around 340 staff before it went into administration, but around 80 were immediately let go following the news, The Guardian reported.

An employment law team at Aticus Law said it has already been in contact with a number of now-former employees over the redundancy claims.

The firm is now looking into the claims, with a view to pursuing legal action over how the redundancy process was managed. If the claimants are successful, they could be eligible to claim a Protective Award which is up to eight weeks’ worth of pay in compensation, with a cap of 544 per week.

Aticus Law is urging former Missguided employees to check whether they are eligible to make a claim.

“Over the last three to four weeks there has been no communication from management, senior management was particularly bad,” a former employee reportedly told Aticus Law.

“The entire company had a conference call with 25 minutes' notice, people who weren’t there or on annual leave missed it. The call was an emotionless automated message saying that we had been made redundant and our services were no longer required. Many colleagues found out they had lost their jobs through social media, everyone is devastated.”

Aticus Law employment expert Mohammed Balal added: “The collapse of Missguided will have come as a shock to everyone, not least to its many employees.

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