WORKERS would be set for a windfall of up to £1,200 a year if British bosses were required to share profits with staff, MPs heard yesterday.

Labour MP Gareth Thomas revealed the potential pay boost as he brought forward a Bill calling for the introduction of a mandatory French-style profit sharing scheme.

Workers at Sports Direct, where working conditions have been likened to the gulag by the Unite union, would pocket £507 if director Mike Ashley was made to share as little as 5 per cent of the company’s £180 million profit.