P&O Ferries sparks outrage by sacking 800 workers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60779001

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bmsleight_• 4 years ago

No consultation for a redundancy were the service remains the same. Can notsee hwo this is compliant with UK employment law.

gertrunde• 4 years ago

I read somewhere that they were exploiting some sort of maritime-related loophole, although the article didn't get into the detail of what said loophole was.

jonp888• 4 years ago

These are seafarers working on Cypriot flagged vessels used in international voyages.

UK employment law is entirely irrelevant here, only international maritime law applies.

Traster• 4 years ago

The problem is that even if it is in breach of the law the compensation isn't much so P&O can do this and just pay off the people they're firing. Having said that, the scale of the redundancies open them up to other issues - like they were meant to inform the business secretary, but I don't know how strong that law is.

rkk3• 4 years ago

Had an expat US friend who was working for a UK firm try to give notice to his company. The company refused to accept his giving notice & threatened legal action against him if he didn't give it-least 12 months notice... So 0 days notice is surprising here.

londons_explore2• 4 years ago

I want to know how they plan to get 800 third party contractors sufficiently trained to run a ferry service in a few days having already fired everyone with knowledge of how these ferry's run...

londons_explore2• 4 years ago

It only takes a handful of the disgruntled employees to sneak some sand into the ships engine lubricant system and that ship is going to be out of action for a year...

P&O Ferries sparks outrage by sacking 800 workers

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