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Dispute centred on use of threat of dismissal to remove ‘retained pay’ awarded in 2007 to encourage staff to relocateBusiness live – latest updatesTesco has lost a high-profile “fire and rehire” case in the UK’s supreme court over proposals by the supermarket to let some staff go and re-employ them on lower pay.The dispute with the shopworkers’ union Usdaw began in 2021 and centred on moves to use firings or the threat of dismissal to remove retention payments awarded years earlier to some workers at distribution centres. Continue reading…
Dispute centred on use of threat of dismissal to remove ‘retained pay’ awarded in 2007 to encourage staff to relocate
Business live – latest updates
Tesco has lost a high-profile “fire and rehire” case in the UK’s supreme court over proposals by the supermarket to let some staff go and re-employ them on lower pay.
The dispute with the shopworkers’ union Usdaw began in 2021 and centred on moves to use firings or the threat of dismissal to remove retention payments awarded years earlier to some workers at distribution centres.
