with the government calling it wholly unacceptable. simonjones reports from dover on the south coast of england. they say they have been betrayed, sacked p&0 workers blocked the main road leading to the port of dover up to being fired via a video message. being fired via a video messaue. , ., message. the company has made the decision that going message. the company has made the decision that going forward i the decision that going forward we will be staffed primarily by a third party crew provider before i am sorry to inform you that that means your employment as terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy. effect on the grounds of redundancy. effect on the grounds of redundan .~ ., ~ , ~ , redundancy. workers like this one in hull redundancy. workers like this one in hull left redundancy. workers like this one in hull left bewildered i one in hull left bewildered cupola we didn t know what to do. we had been told by this video message but we ve not seen anythi
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as holy and acceptable. it was of long queues to get into dover but doesn t believe the critical suppliers of goods and services will be affected. simon jones, services will be affected. simonjones, bbc news. meryl abel is the partner at the employment law firm, cm murray. thank you forjoining me. the secretary of the rmt union things that the pno has broken the law, what do you think? i agree with that, the law expects companies to consult when they are making a redundancy of more than 20 people in a 90 day period, so they should have been proper consultation with the union and representatives on behalf of the workforce. is there a jurisdiction issue with jobs at sea or maybe companies and foreign ownership? i don t think there is on this case. i am i don t think there is on this case. iam not i don t think there is on this case. i am not sure when the story emerged yesterday, but it appears not. i don t know the
full facts but i think not. could the company spin this? or does this not apply for these agency workers? tt does this not apply for these agency workers? agency workers? it is definitely agency workers? it is definitely not - agency workers? it is definitely not a - agency workers? it is definitely not a fire . agency workers? it is l definitely not a fire and rehire. from what i have heard, there is no chance of these employees of being rehired on similar or less terms. rather, it is a redundancy and it is under the law. if p&0 decide they do not need their own employees to do the jobs that were being done and they were going to use a third party provider, then that is a situation of redundancy under the law. a , situation of redundancy under the law. , ., , situation of redundancy under thelaw. i. , j~:::: the law. many of these 800 workers. the law. many of these 800 workers, they the law. many of these 800 workers, they will the law. many of these 800 workers, they will h