‘Not worth the paper they are written on’
Shapps ‘reheated’ plan will do nothing to end fire and rehire, unions warn
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary Grant Shapps leaving Downing Street, London, after a Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday January 17, 2023.
THE Tory government’s “reheated” proposals to prevent another P&O-style scandal “won’t deter bad bosses from treating staff like disposable labour,” the TUC warned today.
The charge came after Business Secretary Grant Shapps announced plans for a statutory code of practice for employers.
The document, which ministers claimed would empower employees to seek compensation from bosses engaging in fire-and-rehire tactics, was partly prompted by P&O Ferries’ widely condemned decision last year to sack 786 seafarers without notice or union consultation.
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