Carillion deal struck to pay staff on rail jobs

Employees of Carillion working on Network Rail projects will have their wages guaranteed to at least mid-april.

PWC and Network Rail have come to an agreement ensuring the auditor can pay wages for work on Network Rail’s projects until after Easter. They have also made arrangements to ensure rail employees are paid as normal in January.

NR said in a statement: “In addition, funding has been secured to ensure that any suppliers to Carillion will be paid by PWC in respect of work relating to Network Rail projects.”

Theagreementwasmade as it was revealed Carillion was allegedly owed £40 million by the government when it went into liquidation. A number of small firms said they were owed money by the company, but sources said the construction giant was owed as much as £40m on government contracts.

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