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P&O Ferries forced to U-turn on plans to cut pay for new cheaper agency workers

P&O Ferries sacked almost 800 employees last month and brought in cheaper agency workers, arguing the move was to help keep the multi-billion business afloat

Daily Mirror

P&O workers 'desperate' after being told to sign contracts on less money

One agency worker emailed a union complaining about a ferry in Dover.

Daily Record

P&O Ferries being sued for £76m by former sous chef following 'brutal' dismissal

John Lansdown is the only seafarer out of the 800 fired staff to take legal action against P&O Ferries, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment

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Ex-P&O Ferries chef suing for £76million over 'sham redundancy' claims

Tribunals have never previously made a punitive award of damages on such a scale

Nottingham Post

Ex-P&O Ferries chef suing for £76million over claims he was victim of 'sham redundancy'

John Lansdown, who joined P&O as a 16-year-old trainee, was working as a sous chef on The Pride of Canterbury when he was sacked "out of the blue" after the transport giant announced 800 job cuts

Daily Mirror

What sanctions could P&O Ferries face for sacking 800 workers without notice?

Criminal and civil investigations have been launched by the Insolvency Service into P&O’s decision to make the seafarers redundant.

The Independent UK

Criminal and civil probes launched into P&O Ferries sackings

P&O Ferries sacked nearly 800 seafarers and replaced them with cheaper agency workers on March 17.

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Criminal and civil investigations launched into P&O Ferries over sacking of 800 workers

The Insolvency Service launched the investigations earlier today

Wales Online

Criminal investigation launched into P&O Ferries for sacking 800 workers

The Insolvency Service has begun criminal and civil investigations into P&O Ferries after the mass sacking of workers shocked the nation - and the firm's boss said he'd do the same again

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries has ‘got away with it’, say unions as Shapps backtracks on action

Two-week battle to hold company to account for sacking of 786 crew members appears to end with a whimper

The Guardian - UK

'Shameful' P&O Ferries in fire and rehire row as Glasgow firm defends role

Clyde Marine Recruitment (CMR) confirmed some of the P&O workers who were brutally axed will return on an agency basis.

Daily Record

Grant Shapps unveils plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings

These include plans to create "minimum wage corridors" on ferry routes between the UK and other countries.

Daily Record

Grant Shapps’ response to P&O Ferries won’t get its sacked workers their jobs back

New powers will block ferries that pay crews below minimum wage from UK ports, which P&O will probably find acceptable

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries: What will pay raise for UK crew mean for future sailings?

Most ferry firms have welcomed the measures

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P&O Ferries: Ports to be handed powers to stop boats docking that don't pay crew minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it was a warning to P&O Ferries, after the firm's no-notice sackings of 800 staff, that "the game is up" - but unions are unimpressed

Wales Online

P&O Ferries action by government 'far too little, too late' say unions

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced measures today

The Guardian - UK

UK ports industry dismisses plans to block ferries that employ underpaid crews

Proposal in response to outrage over P&O Ferries’ sacking of 800 workers has been called ‘unworkable’

Birmingham Post

Plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings unveiled by Grant Shapps

The Government will urge ports to refuse access to boats carrying seafarers paid below the minimum wage

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The Independent UK

Grant Shapps unveils plan to make P&O Ferries ‘fundamentally rethink’ sackings

The Cabinet minister set out a series of measures in response to the redundancies.

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps tells regulator to disqualify ‘unfit to lead’ P&O Ferries boss

Ports will be told to refuse ferries paying below minimum wage – but union says ‘too little, too late’ plan won’t reverse mass sackings

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries is not the first in UK waters to hire low-cost workers

The government has long turned a blind eye to widespread pay abuses by operators working out of UK ports

The Independent UK

Government vows to clamp down on ‘fire and rehire’ after P&O sackings

New code of practice will have ‘deterrent effect’, says business minister

Daily Record

P&O: 5 shocking moments from Peter Hebblethwaite evidence to Scottish Parliament

Peter Hebblethwaite has insisted he will not reverse the decision to sack the staff.

Wales Online

P&O boss accused of 'corporate terrorism' as he faced another grilling

The chief executive was asked about reports of staff being escorted off by men with balaclavas and handcuffs

The Independent UK

P&O boss accused of ‘corporate terrorism’ during Holyrood appearance

The chief executive of the ferry company, which made 800 workers redundant via a pre-recorded video, was heavily criticised by MSPs.

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