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If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice

• Overview

  Your employer is insolvent if it cannot pay its debts. They might: make…

• Your rights

  You have different rights depending on whether your employer: makes you…

• What you can get

  What money you’re entitled to depends on: how long you were employed what…

• Apply for money you're owed

  You’re eligible to apply if: you were an employee you’re a UK or EEA…

• After you apply

  It usually takes up to 6 weeks to get your payment but can take longer.…

• Updated: 29 July 2025

• Updated: 25 June 2026

Healthcare Workforce Statistics

• Updated: 24 June 2020

ELLA is the Evidence and Lessons from Latin America programme

• Updated: 1 January 2011

Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace

Estimate of the number of filled jobs in the DCMS Sectors, for the period October 2020 to September 2021.

• Updated: 12 January 2022

Estimate of the number of filled jobs in the DCMS Sectors, for the period October 2021 to September 2022.

• Updated: 27 January 2023

Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.

• Updated: 6 August 2021

The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers