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P&O ferries, one of the major operators of passenger ferries in the UK (including the Dover to Calais route) recently dismissed 800 members of staff without following a consultation process, with the intention of hiring cheaper agency workers – and there has been complete uproar. In a House of Commons hearing today, the chief executives have been torn to shreds by the transport and business committee, and have admitted breaking the law by choosing not to consult with the seafaring unions. They have damaged their brand with the negative publicity, and they will compensate all the staff who lost their jobs as a result. According to the Guardian newspaper, the transport committee chair described the evidence as a “tale of corporate thuggery where a huge company thinks it can break the law with impunity”. Whilst we in the UK have our fair share of problems relating to employment, we do…

Hello guys, I am here to say that I feel each and everyone of you. We're going through some tough times because of corporate/wall street/bankers greed since 2009, COVID, and now probably WWIII. It's hard to blame, are all suffering. I am happy and glad how people are rising up to this bullshit! Back when I used to work, I refused to be a slave although I was getting paid good money. I resigned 3 times, last time it was 2018. It's communism at it's finest, they always socialize the losses and privatize the gains. You're always expendable. At the moment I am going into cryptocurrency, buying cheap coins hoping that it will 2000X in the future, I've invested in mining rigs to generate coins, also I buy from the exchanges sometimes. I mean they are automating the entire “WORLD” and doing work in real life must be rewarded with…

The boss of British ferry operator P&O Ferries has admitted the company broke the law by laying off 800 staff without consulting workers’ unions. CEO Peter Hebblethwaite told lawmakers on Thursday that there was “absolutely no doubt” that, under U.K. employment law, the company was required to speak to unions before making mass redundancies. “I completely throw our hands up, my hands up, that we did choose not to consult,” Hebblethwaite said. P&O Ferries attracted public outrage last week after firing 800 workers via video message and replacing them with low-wage agency staff reportedly earning under £2 ($2.63) an hour — less than a quarter of the national minimum wage. Footage quickly emerged of crew being marched off of boats by balaclava-clad security while replacement staff waited in vans at ports.

My company requires me to punch in and push out on a phone app which requires me to “allow access” to various forms of data on my !PERSONAL! phone. Is this legal and will they be able to fire me for any data they “happen” to come across with their app. i.e. This post?

I was hired back in August, had my probation review in November where I was told a would receive a significant raise in 2/3 months after the company goes through its staffing changes (nothing happened just hired/fired a few guys in our high turnover warehouse). So I wait the 3 months which was in February and I approach the owner and ask about it and I get an excuse “oh im just working through the numbers, give me a few days”, I ask him the next week he said “we do company raises and reviews in March”, I ask when in March I am told Mid March. Mid march was last week and it passed and I didn't say anything, at the end of the week the VP of sales says next week we are starting the performance reviews. Next week is this week, i've seen these guys doing no…

I worked for a small family business in the UK, owned and ran by two brothers, with 10 staff. One day a work colleague called to say he discovered his father's body slumped in his favorite chair that morning. The boss asked “Are you still coming into work?” when he was told no “What about tomorrow? Do you have enough holiday to cover?” The factory unit got broken into so they set up cameras, pointing at the work area. They would check up on activity whilst out of the office / on holiday and phone us if they saw us not working. Illegal in the UK. One of the brothers moaned at me because I had been gone for 7 minutes. “I went for a piss” was my offended reply, “For 7 minutes?” “Your lucky I didn't need a shit” A colleague slipped on oil that had leaked from a…

I’m relatively young and don’t really understand. Everything in America is much more expensive at the moment. Gas is up, groceries are up, utilities are up and my rent just went up $100+ a month. I understand how the chain works. Prices went up. Oil companies still want to make more money so they pass the raise to the consumer. Same with electric. Same with my landlord. Same with the company i work for, we are increasing our prices next month. The problem is none of that gets passed down. Let’s use my landlord as an example. His life got more expensive due to all the price increases. He said “Hey I’m raising rent” so now i pay more and he gets to the live the same life because of me. Who are we supposed to fall on? My roommate and I happened to get promotions and raises last month…

First I work in HVAC Company #1 Advertising as a large company with 100+ employees. Good work life balance, competitive pay and benefits… Was a shop for commercial refraction that covered over half the state, was 7 guys total. Most when I talked to them before the interview said they pull 16 hours a day. Then manager discredited all my higher education and tried offering $15 an hour starting. My Response: walked out on him mid sentence after he gave the offer and said my education didn’t matter. Company #2 Again advertised as a larger commercial company. Get there and it’s the main “boss” his wife is the office manager, daughter is the dispatcher. He has only 2 techs and said “I had to let one guy go for violating company policy and another guy left because we had a conflict where he felt we over promised him. Guy had…