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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Simon Goodley

P&O Ferries seafarers told they will benefit from new French pay rules

A P&O Ferries vessel near the port of Dover
A P&O Ferries vessel near the port of Dover. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

P&O Ferries seafarers have been told they will benefit from new French legislation that could double their pay, in what appears to be a significant U-turn by the controversial ferry operator.

The move comes more than two years after P&O enraged the UK and French governments by sacking 786 workers and then taking advantage of a legal loophole to hire replacements on pay rates of below the minimum wage.

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