Jobs & pay

Redundancies, unpaid wages and what workers are owed.

Nov 10US

Encanto Restaurants staff still unpaid after Chapter 11 filing and KFC, Taco Bell closures

Former staff of Encanto Restaurants, Inc. of San Juan, which ran every KFC and Taco Bell in Puerto Rico until they shut on 2 November, say their final week's pay has not arrived. The company entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 5 November, and between 2,600 and 3,000 people have lost work.

Why it matters: Between 2,600 and 3,000 former Encanto workers are waiting for their last week's pay in a case where the filing says unsecured creditors may get nothing. The court's first conference on the case is on 22 January 2027.

Nov 10UK

Jobs & pay

Molson Group enters administration with 203 jobs lost across the UK

Molson Group Limited, the Bristol dealer in new and used construction machinery, went into administration on 6 November with four UK subsidiaries including Molson Equipment Services. PwC was appointed. Of 345 UK staff, 203 were made redundant at once and the UK business is being wound down.

Why it matters: More than 200 former staff are relying on the Redundancy Payments Service for statutory redundancy, holiday and notice pay. Customers with orders, service work or finance agreements, and suppliers owed money, have had no statement yet on what they will get.