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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

P&O Ferries: prospect of fine over mass sackings is ‘less than remote’

A P&O ferry moored at the Port of Dover in Kent.
A P&O ferry moored at the Port of Dover in Kent. The firm said firing its entire UK-based crew without due consultation was a ‘solution to gaining essential operational flexibility’. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

P&O Ferries bosses believe there is “a less than remote possibility” of any fine from the investigation into its mass sackings of 786 workers last year, despite admitting it broke the law.

In its annual report, the Dubai-owned ferry operator said that firing its entire UK-based crew without due consultation “as required under UK employment law” was a “solution to gaining essential operational flexibility”.

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