P&O Ferries: Redundancy

(asked on 18th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has received any notification of proposed redundancies from P&O Ferries under the provisions of section 193 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.


Answered by
Paul Scully Portrait
Paul Scully
This question was answered on 23rd March 2022

An employer proposing to dismiss 20 or more employees at one establishment is required under section 193 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to notify in writing the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In appropriate cases, failure to notify in accordance with section 193 of the Act is a criminal offence and can result in an unlimited fine.

No advance notification of redundancy was submitted by P&O Ferries to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. We have asked the Insolvency Service to look at the notification requirements in relation to the redundancies announced last week and to consider if any further action is appropriate.

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