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P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite says he couldn't live on £4.87-per-hour staff pay

The boss of P&O Ferries admitted to paying workers as little as £4.87 per hour, leading to harsh criticism from a previous scandal of laying off staff without notice.
Peter Hebblethwaite assured MPs on Tuesday that P&O's workers were not being exploited.
Hebblethwaite, despite admitting he couldn't survive on £4.87/hour, disclosed his earnings of £508,000, with a £183,000 bonus last year.

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BBC News

P&O boss admits he couldn't live on £4.87 an hour

Ferry group chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite earned more than £500,000 last year.

13 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

P&O Ferries boss asked if he is ‘modern-day pirate’ for paying staff £4.87 an hour

Peter Hebblethwaite appears in front of MPs two years after saying lowest-paid agency worker would earn £5.15 an hour

13 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

P&O boss admits to paying workers as little as £4.87 per hour after scandal

P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite admitted to paying the firm's workers as little as £4.87 per hour, nearly two years on from a scandal which saw it branded "pirates" for laying off hundreds of staff without notice.

13 days ago·United Kingdom

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Shropshire Star

P&O Ferries boss admits paying workers £4.87 per hour

The boss of P&O Ferries has admitted to paying the firm’s workers as little as £4.87 per hour, nearly two years on from a scandal which saw it branded “pirates” for laying off hundreds of staff without notice.

13 days ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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Wales Online

P&O boss admits workers are paid as little as £4.87 an hour

The admission comes two years after P&O Ferries fired 786 of its staff and replaced them with low-paid workers who are employed by an external crewing agency

13 days ago

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Sky News UK

P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite says he couldn't live on £4.87-per-hour staff pay

Some staff receive just £4.87-per-hour but the boss of the ferry operator tells a committee of MPs that pay at his company is "ahead of international standards".

13 days ago·United Kingdom

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