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A former line manager at Amtrak has accused the parcels delivery firm of making his family homeless by unfairly dismissing him after he used the company's equipment to raise money for Children In Need. Michael Holding, of Burntwood, Staffs, had his £100,000 house repossessed because he could no longer afford the mortgage payments following the loss of his job.

Holding had worked for Amtrak Express Parcels at Aldridge, near Walsall for nine years. He appeared before a Birmingham Employment  Tribunal to claim compensation for unfair dismissal against Netfold. "I believe I was unfairly dismissed after I used the firm's parcel cage to carry out a fund raising stunt with a colleague for Children in Need," he said. "I was later sacked for misconduct."

Holding claimed that Netfold took over the Aldridge site the day before Amtrak went into administration, but later reopened with the new management under the Amtrak name. Holding believed Amtrak was responsible for his dismissal, but the Tribunal decided it was not. Netfold had opposed the claim after denying it had sacked Holding. Holding is now taking Amtrak to the Tribunal.