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Cruise operator Carnival UK was embroiled in a fire and rehire controversy last week (23 November), after it made legal provision to fire more than 900 UK-based crew and rehire them on less favourable conditions.
Proposed legislation to enforce minimum service levels in public transport, and potentially the NHS, teachers, Border Force and fire services has been slammed by unions.
New powers will block ferries that pay crews below minimum wage from UK ports, which P&O will probably find acceptable
The government has long turned a blind eye to widespread pay abuses by operators working out of UK ports
Some facets of the government's response to the 800 job losses were ill-informed, a legal expert tells Personnel Today