The Government guarantees a proportion of any successful protective award claim. That is capped at 8 weeks’ wages less any arrears of wages already paid to you by the Insolvency Service.  There is a cap on the weekly wage you can recover which is currently £700*.  That means that the maximum amount the government guarantee is £5,144**.
Additionally, employees can claim the balance of their award as an unsecured creditor in the company’s administration/liquidation process.  Whilst most of the time a company will have insufficient assets to pay such claims, this is not always the case.
We have had success in a number of cases in recovering additional sums of money through an administration process, which is sometimes greater than the amount the government guarantees.