P&O forced to pay out £36.5million to workers after firing all 800 crew
P&O ferries has been forced to pay out £36.5 million to workers after it fired all 800 of them in one go.and reportedly given just five minutes to get their stuff and get off ships.has now announced details of what it says is “believed to be the largest compensation package in the British marine sector” after last Thursday’s ambush.
The ferry operator said the total value of the settlement is £36.5 million and 575 of the 786 seafarers affected are "in discussions to progress with the severance offers". No employee will receive less than £15,000 said the company and it is offering to pay 2.5 weeks uncapped salary for each year employed rather than the statutory 1 or 1.5 week.
A spokesperson for P&O Ferries said: “This has been an incredibly tough decision for the business: to make this choice or face taking the company into administration.
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