Rogue company Directors don't wind down their companies legally, by waiting for Companies House to strike off their company for failing to complete filings. When this happens, employees cannot get what they're owed in unpaid wages. Instead, they have to go through a tribunal - and even if they win their case, the Directors are still able to just ignore them. Former employees can name and shame the penalties governing team, or try to take enforcement action, but this only works if the company is still trading.

For an employee to get unpaid wages, holiday pay or notice payment, they have to take the company and Directors to court to file for a winding down order, which costs the employee thousands - when they are already owed money from the company. The only way the government's Insolvency Service will pay the employee is if you have a case number from the Insolvency solicitor acting on the Director's behalf. So there is no protection for employees from rogue Directors not winding down thier company correctly.

The Insolvency Service and Companies House are not interested in the wrongdoing of these Directors. If an employee has a tribunal award and Companies House strikes off the company, the Insolvency Service should act upon the tribunal award, and pay out to protect employees and pay them what they are owed. I know former colleagues who are owed approximately £9,000 each in unpaid wages from rogue Directors.