P&O’s scant regard for employee protections

In an era when many companies trumpet their commitment to treating all stakeholders fairly, some are all too ready to do the wrong thing. Everything about P&O Ferries’ sacking of 800 crew last week — the brief video statement, the coach loads of waiting replacement agency workers, the security contractors standing by — suggests it was meticulously orchestrated. Only the seafarers themselves had no prior warning. The UK government has asked the Insolvency Service to investigate…