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Transport secretary Grant Shapps has further hinted that the government could repeal the ban on using agency workers during strikes...

The government could repeal a ban on the use of agency workers to replace striking staff members when rail companies go on strike.

Delays in getting security clearance for staff are behind huge staff shortages at UK airports, according to trade body the...

The boss of P&O Ferries has denied that his company has taken a reputational hit in the wake of its sudden sacking of 800 crew in mid-March.

Union leaders have condemned a government threat to make strikes on the railways illegal unless a minimum number of staff work during a walkout.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps calls on P&O Ferries chief executive to resign but first to return furlough cash.

Union leaders have called on ministers to assume control of P&O Ferries’ passenger and freight services in the light of multiple safety failures.

P&O Ferries owner DP World has withdrawn from the leadership team of a freeport project because of political pressure stemming from the P&O Ferries redundancies.

A former P&O Ferries chef is taking the company to an employment tribunal, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment.

At the request of ministers the Insolvency Service has begun criminal and civil investigations into the P&O Ferries redundancies.

The Nautilus Union: ‘P&O has gotten away with it. There’s no fine, there’s no legal action, there’s only words and hot air.’

The government's plan to ask UK ports to block ferries from docking if they do no pay crews the UK minimum wage would not succeed, the docks industry has stated.

The government will publish a new statutory code on ‘fire and rehire’ tactics in a bid to clamp down on unscrupulous employers.

P&O Ferries has refused to rehire the 800 workers it has dismissed, stating it would cause the company’s collapse.

Despite P&O Ferries' admission of law-breaking over the mass redundancy of 800 staff, many uncertainties remain over the laws shipping staff are subject to, MPs have heard.