Fire and rehire: P&O Ferries affair prompts promise of a code of practice

Richard Kenyon comments on the government’s proposals for a new statutory code of practice to clamp down on employers who force through mass dismissals without carrying out meaningful staff consultation The P&O case has been seized on as an extreme example of the concept of ‘fire and rehire’. St Patrick’s Day 2022 began like any …
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Cases Referenced

  • Jones v JP Morgan Securities plc (No 4) [2021] ET/3201630/2020