'This isn't a question of a civil rights breach, for which ex-employees can bring a compensation claim - this is a criminal offence, punishable in the courts and carrying a potential criminal record,' says LBC's legal expert daniel_barnett.
P&O Ferries sacked all 800 of its on-board staff, via a recorded video, with no noticeThere is a little known law that says employers are obliged to notify the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy where they are proposing to dismiss as redundant 20 or more employees.
It's a criminal offence not to tell BEIS. So this isn't a question of a breach of civil rights, for which ex-P&O employees can bring a compensation claim. This is a criminal offence, punishable in the criminal courts and carrying a potential criminal record. In November 2021, a court held that an administrator of Sports Direct could be prosecuted for failing to notify the government of proposed redundancies, even though the administrator was not an employee or director of the company. The case is awaiting trial in the Magistrates’ Court.It's not just P&O that is liable. The directors of P&O, and also senior managers involved in the decision, can be prosecuted.
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