BIZARRE: 5 | Mind Blowing Facts

Government looking into legality of sacking of 800 P&O staff

The Government said on Friday it was looking at whether P&O may have broken the law when it laid off 800 staff without warning.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2022

Who pays the P&O ferryman? The 800 staff thrown overboard, of course

The Dubai-owned ferry company’s treatment of its former employees has managed to appal even the UK government, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

Government called on to consider nationalising P&O Ferries

P&O Ferries made 800 of its employees redundant on Thursday

Birmingham Post · Mar 18, 2022

UK Government knew about plans to axe P&O staff day before announcement

News of the sackings came as a complete surprise to workers, but officials in the UK Government were told of the plans the night before.

Daily Record · Mar 18, 2022

Who owns P&O, why were 800 crew fired and how long had ferry firm been struggling for?

The owner of P&O Ferries is facing backlash after the company fired 800 of its staff members earlier this week. The move was heavily criticised by the public and MPs alike, and legal action is being considered

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022

Calls to boycott P&O after 'scandalous' sacking of 800 workers

There has been a huge backlash against the company's behaviour

Wales Online · Mar 18, 2022

Woman's horror as P&O Ferries leave her stranded in Rotterdam without her false teeth

P&O Ferries were in crisis last night after 800 crew members were cruelly sacked over Zoom, while travellers were stranded abroad, including one woman who was left without her false teeth

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022

Government bows to pressure to investigate whether P&O broke law with mass sackings

Ministers had appeared to wash their hands of what they described as a ‘commercial decision’

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

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

The ferry operator insisted the decision to cut jobs was "very difficult but necessary" as it was "not a viable business" in its current state while telling 800 people they were unemployed with immediate effect

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022

No10 probing if P&O Ferries' mass sacking broke the law - and threatens 'ramifications'

Hours after a minister claimed he couldn't stop P&O sacking 800 seafarers and replacing them with cheaper agency staff, No10 did not rule out terminating government contracts or revoking the status of a freeport

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022