Skip to main content
Compensation due for data leak Morrisons staff

THOUSANDS of employees at Morrisons are due compensation for the “upset and distress” caused by a huge data breach after a landmark High Court ruling yesterday.

The supermarket chain had denied liability in the case brought by current and former staff.

Disgruntled former employee Andrew Skelton stole data which included the salary and bank details of nearly 100,000 staff.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
SOGAT general secretary Brenda Dean (third from left) points to a poster condemning the owner of News International Mr Rupert Murdoch for his action against the print unions, February 11, 1986
Working Class History / 24 January 2026
24 January 2026

Enduring myths blame print unions for their own destruction – but TONY BURKE argues that the Wapping dispute was a calculated assault by Murdoch on organised labour, which reshaped Britain’s media landscape and casts a long shadow over trade union rights today

A sign for Lloyds Bank
Britain / 13 January 2026
13 January 2026