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HR and legal experts have weighed in on P&O Ferries’ decision to sack 800 staff via video call, with many questioning the ethics and legality of the move.
The firm sparked outrage on Thursday March 17, 2022, when hundreds of the company’s staff were told, via a video clip, that this would mark their final day of employment. In the same recorded clip, the firm told staff they were being replaced with cheaper agency staff.
Bosses at the TUC reported that staff were threatened with handcuffs if they refused to leave their ships.
As reported by the BBC, the RMT union called it one of the "most shameful acts in the history of British industrial relations", later branding it a “jobs massacre”. Protests are planned at several ports today (Friday, March 18).
