New employment laws will be introduced next week in a bid to “close every possible loophole” and force a “U-turn” on the mass-sacking of seafarers by a Dubai-owned ferry firm, the UK’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Friday.
P&O Ferries, which was bought by Dubai-based logistics giant DP World in 2019, sparked outrage when it fired 800 seafarers without any prior notice on March 17 and later replaced them with cheaper agency workers, citing £100 million ($132 million) year-on-year loss.
