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P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law by sacking staff without consultation

CEO tells MPs P&O aims to halve costs under ‘new model’ using seafarers paid just £5.15 an hour

The Guardian - UK

P&O admits paying new ferry workers below UK minimum wage

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite said the average pay of the new crew is only £5.15 per hour.

The Independent UK

P&O chief executive to be quizzed by MPs over crew dismissals

Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before a joint hearing of transport and business committees

Wales Online

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P&O chief executive to be quizzed by MPs over sackings

Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before a joint hearing of transport and business committees.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries appear to have 'broken the law' Prime Minister says

800 workers were sacked by the company

Nottingham Post

Boris Johnson: it looks like P&O Ferries sackings broke law

PM tells MPs ferry firm could face fine as its boss apologises over sudden firing of 800 staff

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson says P&O Ferries have 'broken the law' as shamed boss FINALLY apologises

Boris Johnson said at PMQs that 'it looks to me' as though P&O Ferries has 'broken the law' - but furious Keir Starmer blasted the Prime Minister's 'half-arsed waffle' saying he was 'all mouth and no trousers'

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P&O to pay £36.5m in compensation to 800 sacked workers

Staff who accept payouts are understood to have to sign non-disclosure agreements

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries: Company bosses summoned to appear before MPs after 'shameful' mass sacking of UK crew

P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite has been called to appear at a joint hearing of the Business, Energy and Industry Strategy Committee and Transport Committee

Daily Mirror

GMB host Susanna Reid takes down Tory minister over fire and rehire record

Business minister Paul Scully was challenged by the host after the ferry company fired around 800 workers from around the UK and replaced them with cheaper agency staff.

Daily Record

P&O Ferries: 'We cannot allow this to stand' says MP Jonathan Reynolds

The Stalybridge and Hyde MP said the Government 'should have moved' to stop 800 sackings in advance

Manchester Evening News

Sacked P&O ferry crews replaced by 'Indian seafarers paid £1.80 an hour', union claims

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transportunion, said it amounted to “shocking exploitation”.

Daily Record

UK has employment regulations to put the captain of a pirate buccaneer to shame

Record View says Brexit’s slogan was “taking back control” - but Boris Johnson did not say that included giving workers’ rights away to pirate profiteers.

Daily Record

P&O Ferries ships will be blocked from sailing if they fail safety checks, says Government

Grant Shapps confirmed P&O Ferries could face “criminal prosecution and unlimited fines”

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Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries: Tories 'show contempt' for workers as MPs ignore bid to end fire and rehire

MPs refuse to back a Labour motion to strengthen workers' rights - and give P&O staff their jobs back - after "shameful" mass sacking of 800 workers without consultation or warning

The Independent UK

Safety checks for P&O vessels amid claims new crews earning below £2 an hour

Sacked P&O workers watched in the House of Commons public gallery.

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries owner to benefit from at least £50m of UK freeport scheme

Dubai-based DP World runs shipping terminals at Southampton and London Gateway

The Guardian - UK

Replacements for P&O Ferries crew paid £1.80 an hour, unions say

RMT says agency rates for seafarers are ‘gut-wrenching betrayal’ of 800 sacked British staff

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The Independent UK

P&O using foreign agency workers ‘earning £1.81 an hour’ after 800 UK staff sacked, union claims

P&O continues to face backlash after hundreds of workers fire over Zoom call

The Guardian - UK

Nests vs jobs: will a new port spell doom for DRC’s olive ridley turtles?

Despite recent success in increasing numbers, Congo’s rising sea levels, coastal erosion and now the country’s first deep sea port pose new threats

Daily Record

All the villains of P&O scandal - from Zoom sacking to mystery balaclavas

The ferry operator insisted the decision to cut jobs was 'very difficult but necessary' as it was 'not a viable business' before sacking 800 staff.

Daily Mirror

Growing anger as cheaper workers start on P&O ships day after 800 staff sacked

Hundreds of people gathered at P&O terminals in Dover, Hull and Liverpool and at the Central London offices of DP World today to protest against the sackings announced by P&O on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on P&O’s betrayal of workers: capitalism’s unacceptable face

Ministers should not wash their hands of this brutal episode and allow, in effect, a foreign state to sack workers in Britain from secure jobs and replace them with agency staff

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries told it could face unlimited fine if sackings unlawful

Business secretary suggests company appears not to have followed processes for large-scale redundancies

The Guardian - UK

DP World’s controversial history of P&O ownership

Analysis: The economic model of the firm, ultimately owned by Dubai royalty, was under question even before the mass sackings

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