According to the BBC staff are being sent a Zoom message regarding the current situation and unions are advising staff to stay onboard the vessels. All sailings have been postponed for a few days according to P&O.It is looking like a redundancy situation. Unions are advising staff to stay on board. I can’t see people accepting mass redundancies easily. Therefore massive disruption. Even if they did. How could they be quickly replaced with trained staff.
John
Simple. They are owned by a DubaiI don't understand how P&O can get away with this action, my understanding is that redundancy applies to the position not the person ,how they can make existing staff "redundant" and then replace them with new staff doing the same job seems perverse to me. The only way I can see them getting a way with it is that somehow being registered in Dubai excuses them from UK employment rules.
And of course, the "agency" will be on a nice little earner out of this as well, so for P&O to get a real cost saving the actual new operatives are being paid significantly less than yesterday's staff.
As others I can't see replacing staff is "redundancy" the task to be done still exists, so the legal position is going to be "interesting" if not extremely revealing of what our new laws in the UK, actually, look like.
They can get away with it because ships are subject to International Maritime Law, not UK domestic law - P&O ferries are registered outside the UK.Not using P&O Ferries to travel but shocking news for the workforce saying they were replacing them with cheaper agency staff how do they get away with that .
Spot on Roger. As I said earlier P&O are owned by DP in Dubai. I suspect the employees contracts of employment are not U.K. based.They can get away with it because ships are subject to International Maritime Law, not UK domestic law - P&O ferries are registered outside the UK.
Their treatment of staff is diabolical and I hope that all potential customers choose different ferry operators.
They can get away with it because ships are subject to International Maritime Law, not UK domestic law - P&O ferries are registered outside the UK.
Their treatment of staff is diabolical and I hope that all potential customers choose different ferry operators.
an extract from the Liverpool Echo suggests the employees are Jersey contracted?Are you inferring that UK staff employed by a foreign based company, and I suspect paying UK NI & taxes, are not covered by UK employment laws?
As so many here in the UK work for foreign owned companies, that might come as news.
Unfortunately choosing a different operator is not necessarily an easy choice, P&O are big players in the local crossing, but doings so now would certainly be my preferred option.
Spot on Roger. As I said earlier P&O are owned by DP in Dubai. I suspect the employees contracts of employment are not U.K. based.
DP World Dubai own P&O Ferries. Cruises aren’t involved, are they?Mustn’t link P&O cruises with P&O Ferries two totally different owners.
No but folks have tendency at times to link everything under a common banner. P&O Cruises are owned by Carnival.DP World Dubai own P&O Ferries. Cruises aren’t involved, are they?
No but folks have tendency at times to link everything under a common banner. P&O Cruises are owned by Carnival.
If we go away it will be with a different ferry companyThey can get away with it because ships are subject to International Maritime Law, not UK domestic law - P&O ferries are registered outside the UK.
Their treatment of staff is diabolical and I hope that all potential customers choose different ferry operators.