Redundancy Plans News Today

Which is around $7.20. mr hebblethwaite told mps that reducing p&o�*s wage bill was the only way to make the company viable as our transport correspondent katy austin reports. arriving to face mps this morning. are you ashamed of sacking the staff? ..the boss of the ferry company which suddenly fired 800 workers last week. the difficult questions started straightaway. are you in this mess because you don�*t know what you�*re doing or are you just a shameless criminal? later, peter hebbleth...

800 workers last week without consulting the trades unions. the companys chief executive made the open admission in response to questions from a parliamentary committee at westminster. peter hebblethwaite said he had chosen not to consult because he didnt believe there was any other way to do it. the staff are being replaced with agency workers, earning an average of £5.50 an hour. mr hebblethwaite told mps that reducing p&0s wage bill was the only way to make the company viable, as our transpo...

Please, with an apology? that question didnt get a direct answer. later, peter hebblethwaite insisted the law hadnt been broken when it came to notifying relevant authorities of the redundancy plans. 0n the lack of consultation, though, he said this. there is no doubt that we were required to consult with the unions. we chose not to do that because we believed... you chose to break the law? because we chose not to consult, and we will compensate everybody in full for that. he said replacement ag...