Live in Parliament
Minister is speaking

800 people sacked, just like that. Grim

Yes, but they can go Bankrupt
if they do not change staff.


Massive debts on P&O Ferries

They had no choice
get cheaper staff or close down

A Transport Minister (Robert Courts MP)
stated in Parliament, he is Angry with P&O.



But not doing much.

A Labour MP
just said, it is like the Victorian Times
when workers are forced off a boat.

That special debate in Parliament
has now ended

Good, its a business not a charity.

Thats all very well....but you dont treat your staff like that.

I agree, it's not right.

They could not give warnings
due to the Unions.

Yes a mega shock for many.


Covid has wrecked the World.

British Airways
also did Fire and Re Hire.
Most kept their jobs

All the officers have been redeployed, its the Ratings that have been made redundant

There will be winners of course, those close to retirement may welcome this

Feel for all the rest

On lower money….the longer serving staff were forced to sign new contracts and some were simply made redundant.

Ian Dale
on LBC Live

Said the Government should Nationalize P&O Ferries

Redundancy is a fact of life and sometimes has to be done but there's ways to do things

I thought unions legally had to be involved in proceedings as well, this totally flies in the face of everything I thought I knew about the process lol

Simon Calder
on GMBHD itv
has found out they are registered
with a Firm in Jersey.

Which means, they are Not under UK Employment Rules

misinformation

They are employed in the UK and members of a union, so they are under uk rules, doesn't matter where the company is registered

Its Legal people
told him that

i know employment law arista, you obviously don't.

Anyway, provided they offer a severance package that equals or exceeds that specified by UK EMPLOYMENT LAW it is all irrelevant

Times have changed



The National Min Wage
does not apply
in international routes, around $3 an hour

Karl Turner Labour MP Live on GMBHD itv

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03...7535812875.jpg
[P&O Ferries is run by a Dubai-based firm
which is owned by the country's controversial
ruling family.
Pictured: DP World CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem]


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03...7535812933.jpg
[Sulayem seen with Prince William
and former Foreign Secretary William Hague
at an Earthshot Prize event at
Dubai's Expo2020 earlier this year]

Apparently it's only British workers who have been sacked. The EU ones have not, because they're protected by EU laws. So much for Brexit making things better :skull:

I think you'll find that's project fear, Vanessa.

Holly Cudbill, an employment lawyer from Blake Morgan, said that P&O Ferries' actions "were almost certainly illegal".

Although its boats sail around the world, she believes the firm's employees are covered by UK law.

In that instance, P&O Ferries should have consulted with unions and staff about potential dismissals and notified the government that hundreds of jobs were at risk, she told the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60789612

"she believes the firm's employees"


But it is wrong
$3 a hour out at Sea

Does she know about that

arista, you obviously don't know uk employment law, so stop with the misinformation when you dont know what you are talking about

That came from Labour MP Karl Turner

Not me,


He is not on about UK law
he's talking about International Waters

Stop being silly

but you are repeating stuff without knowing if what they are saying is accurate, and thats wrong

He is a MP who was a sea Minister



I trust this MP
more than you

even when we were in the EU, we had different employment laws to other countries in europe. So, brexit didnt change that

The new financial reality of importing and exporting to the UK and brexit red tape may well have caused it. There's a reason that French and Dutch workers remain employed.

I think it's definitely illegal and they can be sued

much of it is procedural, so that will get a slap on the wrist and nothing more. If P&O offer the statutory minimum or better severance package they have complied, people won't get their jobs back under any circumstances