P&O Ferries will not be prosecuted for the mass layoff of 786 workers.
His Insolvency Service, which conducted a criminal investigation into the layoffs in March, said prosecutors had concluded there was no realistic likelihood of a conviction. A
ferry company sparked nationwide protests after it used recorded video messages to fire hundreds of workers without warning.
P&O argued that he needed to act quickly as he was losing £1 million a day, and sentcheap temporary workers to Hired instead of an employee.
Legal experts believe P&O committed an illegal act by failing to consult about layoffs, and the company's superiors accused the company of violating employment laws.
The outrage came this week when the company's owner, DP World, announced it had made a profit of £736 million in the six months to the end of June. It's even bigger.
And Secretary of Transportation Grant Shaps took a series of steps, including asking the port to refuse to do business with his P&O, to try to get the workers back in the company.
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At a parliamentary hearing, he admitted that his company had violated a law requiring it to notify its employees. I have asked Service to investigate if there was a violation.
An Insolvency Service spokesperson said Friday night: Do not initiate criminal proceedings.
An independent senior prosecutor's attorney reviewed the investigation and determined there was no realistic likelihood of a conviction, the spokesperson added.
However, a civil investigation by the Bureau of Bankruptcy is ongoing.
