Union wins Supreme Court fight with Tesco over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

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This is a great result and I wish we'd see this kind of pushback more often. Fire and rehire is one of the most despicable things an employer can do to their staff. It gets around the law that wages can't be reduced, via legal trickery.

If I remember correctly, this new Labour government is thinking of banning fire and rehire. Let's hope they go through with it.

A union has won a Supreme Court battle against Tesco over so-called proposals to “fire and rehire” workers on less favourable terms.

The Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) took legal action over the supermarket chain’s proposals to fire staff at some distribution centres and rehire them on lower pay in 2021.

After the High Court ruled in the union’s favour in 2022, Tesco successfully appealed against the decision the same year.

The union then took the case to the country’s highest court, with five Supreme Court justices ruling unanimously on Thursday that Tesco should be blocked from dismissing the staff.

Union wins Supreme Court fight with Tesco over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

Five Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that the supermarket chain should be blocked from dismissing staff and rehiring them on lower pay.

uk.finance.yahoo.com