P&O ferry boss cornered for robbing staff blind in Select Committee grilling

Peter Hebblethwaite, the Chief Exec of P&O ferries was up in front of the Business Committee on Monday where he faced the music for P&O's business practices.
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[@terryloftus3207]

THIS piece of garbage is excatly why we need unions.

[@whitsthecraic]

DO NOT USE P&O FERRIES!

[@davidrussell3890]

Half a million a year for the ceo £2.86 an hour for the workers. This morally corrupt man should be jailed

[@davidcourt1047]

He's previously sacked workers in what he admitted was an illegal manner

[@3brenm]

£2.86 an hour from a big company in 2024 is psychopathic.

[@tonycarroll6632]

Boycott them.

[@markwildphotography]

He almost boasts about the £5.20 😂 Disgusting.

[@christopheroliver8762]

Why is this guy not in prison? He not only broke the law. He did so purposefully, willfully, and confessed openly to his crime. The fact he will walk out of this meeting a free man is an insult to every working person.

[@samsoncooper1]

£600 million in profits for half a year and they pay their staff nothing. Disgraceful.

[@parametr]

Sounds like P&O did exactly what everybody knew they wanted to do.

[@lastlast2078]

I'm so sick of these committee's, just MP's pretending to do their job and criminals like him walk out free.

[@dodgem259]

P&O used to have many UK workers who under employment law were entitled to UK minimum wage. P&O ferry boss said the company was not sustainable in the current climate due to being heavily affected by the restrictions of covid. So, according to the P&O boss he broke UK employment law and sacked every single UK employee on the day without any notice or consultation period which is required by law. What is worse the man admitted that he broke UK law and was very brazen about it. He then goes employs agency staff under what is known as international wages, wages that are not regulated by any country BUT is a set amount which any company operating internationally such as ferries, container ships, cargo ships and airlines. The problem with international wages is that they are extremely low which is a loop hole that the P&O boss has used to get cheap labour.

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

If a business can't exist without underpaying its workers, it doesn't deserve to exist.

[@Shephard1978]

I think it’s “important” that this criminal is locked up!

[@sandydobbie1255]

A masterclass in lying from P&O !!!

[@johnbloomsmar7399]

WATCH THIS VIDEO IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. This man has no morals whatsoever the only thing he is interested in is making as much money £££££ as he can at what cost does not come into the equation, he treats his crews like porns and will treat them as he sees fit whenever it suits as this video shows , when P&O was manned by English Crew it was the same fully trained crew week in week out, as for the Officers that was also supposed to have been made redundant with the ratings 2 years ago they got a bonus but also kept their jobs.

[@ruairihair]

Profiting from misery and misleading the committee... perfectly legal :|

[@artyuppiesgohome]

He's proud of the fact that he claims to have been paying £5.15 per hour! So generous!!!! Tax the scumbags!!!!

[@killlinepestcontrol]

This man is clearly untrustworthy.

[@BeardedWebb]

"our safety record has increased by 66%"