Workers who lost their jobs after the Stewart Milne Group collapsed have been awarded compensation totalling around £1million.
BBC Scotland reports that 200 people who lost their jobs when the construction firm went into administration last year have now been awarded about £5,000 each.
Paul Kissen, an employment lawyer at Thompsons Solicitors, who acted for the former employees, confirmed the pay-out last night.
He said: "These workers were all dismissed without any consultation or any warning. After what has been a very hard-fought battle over the best part of 18 months, they have finally received in total about £1m, which is about £5,000 each, and they are all absolutely delighted."
He added: "The mass claim is called a protective award and it's a type of group claim where 20 or more employees are dismissed as redundant by an employer and there's no consultation process.
"When a company has gone into administration or liquidation, the money is paid to everyone from the national insurance fund, from the redundancy payment service, so it's the same place that other payments that people get who are made redundant comes from - for example redundancy pay.
"There's just over 200 former employees involved in the claim, all of them have been successful in getting the protective award."
Mr Milne delayed his retirement in an attempt to secure a future for the firm, and was left "devastated" by its collapse.