It's sensible, to prevent… well, exactly this kind of situation: taking away people's livelihoods as part of a tax dodge is an abuse of power. The power of being an employer comes with responsibility.

If the company's dissolving for legitimate reasons (e.g. there's no longer a market for the services), then that's one thing – but "I've had the company send all its customers to a competitor, also owned by me" is an extremely obvious loophole to work around employee protections, and it's correct that it should be closed.