Nobody mentioned the Government’s pledge being legally binding. The challenge will be to show how the government actually stand on worker’s rights. The big fines will potentially come for not completing a HR1 form. This is something they have no defence for not completing. The lack of consultation is another issue. The outcome of a tribunal may include rehiring.
We're talking about P&O, if you want to start a thread about Primark or MG to discuss them, maybe you should start a thread?
It looks like the cruise terminal could have a potential new home, albeit a bit further out than some wanted. .
RH had a employment law specialist on this morning, I didn't catch the details, but they thought it unlikely that any legal action would be brought. Not even for unfair dismissal claims, as the way they're setting up the redundancy payments makes it unlikely that it would be viable for employees to bring them.
I’ve just read that the government are investigating if they’ve done anything illegal. You can appeal any redundancy based on whether the correct procedure was carried out. Contracts should detail redundancy payments & policies should be in place that detail the company’s redundancy policy. This is the defining policy which will determine whether the correct procedure was followed. ACAS will be busy over the coming months.
Peter Hebblethwaite CEO of P+O ferries says he knew that they were duty bound to consult with the unions and workers before making 800 redundant but didn't. They decided to pay off the workers instead, which it looks like many have accepted.
A week after the event he starts off by making an apology to the workers, then goes on to say that the reason he didn't apologise earlier was because he has been busy meeting effected people 1 to 1.
P&O Ferries has said 800 redundant staff will be offered £36.5m in total - with around 40 getting more than £100,000 each. It looks like this was always the plan, basically avoid anyone taking action by paying them off.
The Cairnryan-Larne P&O ferry failed an inspection today and has been detained in the port, they’re continuing with their ongoing ****-up.
It is staggering that a company the size of P&O can make such an almighty cock up of this situation. Clearly hasn't been thought through, and they obviously haven't had their senior management on the same course I went on, which highlighted " Failing to plan is planning to fail". Absolute shambles.
The two things aren’t mutually exclusive though. Nothing to stop them consulting with Unions and workers and still offering redundancy packages large enough to encourage people to accept them. Difficult to figure out exactly what they thought they would achieve by the way they did it. Presumably just hoping they’d avoid the weeks of bad press during the consultation phase? Turns out they misjudged that I’d say as the brand has been seriously Ratnered CEO should fall on his sword if they really want to start being profitable. That way there’s a scapegoat at least while they try and rebuild the brand
He also said that if they had gone down the consultation route it would have been never ending and that is why they did it the way they did. Clean break, new start with new low paid foreign workers ( who probably think that they have a great job and are being well paid ) and just pay off the sacked ones in lieu of notice.
Yeah He’s wrong though Consultation has a fixed timescale. 45 days I think in this case. So it’s the exact opposite of never ending, as opposed to the never ending **** they’re getting as a result…and quite rightly
Company bins long-serving workers, hires scabs, scabs don’t know what the **** they’re doing, calamity ensues. Tale as old as time. I hope P&O go bust.
I think the reality is these weren’t redundancies. If they were there’d be no roles to fill. The role becomes redundant, the employee has their contract terminated because of redundancy. The employees were simply sacked, illegally. P&O know this & that’s why they’ve offered severance packages along with a hush clause in the severance contract. A sad & despicable way to run a business & treat the people who work tirelessly to make sure the business has a chance of succeeding. If there was a failure in the business the axe should have been aimed at a lot higher level & not at the shop floor.
