Hudson’s Bay workers rally to demand justice as company terminates thousands and denies severance payouts

TORONTO/WINDSOR—Unifor members who work at Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) rallied in Windsor and Toronto to call for urgent insolvency reform and accountability from HBCexecutives who continue to deny workers’ severance as liquidation nears completion. The rallies, led by Unifor Locals 40 and 240 which represent nearly 600 HBC workers, brought attention to the devastating impact…

Dunzo gets relief in one insolvency case as NCLT dismisses plea

Mumbai: The Bengaluru bench of the National Company Law Tribunal has dismissed an insolvency petition against e-commerce delivery startup Dunzo Digital Pvt. Ltd. The insolvency court was hearing an insolvency petition filed last year by one of the company’s financial creditors—called Invoice Discounters of Dunzo Digital Pvt Ltd—for non-payment of dues.  On Tuesday, an NCLT…

South Africa: The state owned fibre company that is technically insolvent

State-owned fibre network operator Broadband Infraco is in financial disarray, having been declared technically insolvent since the start of the 2024/25 financial year. Broadband Infraco provides long-distance national and international connectivity to private sector partners and is mandated to provide universal Internet access to South Africa as part of the SA Connect programme. In February,…

NCLT dismisses insolvency plea by invoice discounters against Dunzo

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Bengaluru on Tuesday dismissed an insolvency plea filed against quick commerce company Dunzo. A coram of Judicial Member Sunil Kumar Aggarwal and Technical Member Radha Krishna Sreepada said that the plea filed by invoice discounters of Dunzo Digital was not maintainable. The judgment was delivered today after being postponed on three occasions,…