Missguided employees affected by the collapse of the company are seeking to pursue legal action over claims that their redundancy processes were not properly managed.

Administrators were called into the fast fashion retailer late on Monday after the company had been served a winding-down notice by suppliers.

The company employed over 330 staff before it went into administration, but it is thought that at least 60 have been immediately let go of following the news.

Teneo Financial Advisory has moved in to sell the business and the company assets.

An employment law team at Aticus Law has 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 against them over 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 3-4 weeks there has been no communication from management, senior management was particularly bad,” a former employee said.

“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...

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