Tesco has lost its legal battle with Usdaw over fire and rehire

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Tesco has lost its legal battle with shopworkers union Usdaw over ‘fire and rehire’ of staff, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled today.

The Supreme Court ruled that Tesco was not entitled to terminate employee contracts and then offer to rehire them on less favourable terms, a practice referred to as ‘fire and rehire’.

 

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