> it's not a criminal offence for an employer to ignore those rules if they're happy to take their chances in an employment tribunal I'm not an employment lawy

> it's not a criminal offence for an employer to ignore those rules if they're happy to take their chances in an employment tribunal I'm not an employment lawyer, but to the best of my knowledge this is incorrect - mass redundancies of 20+ people need to be notified to the government in advance, and failure to do so carries criminal penalties. P&O seems to have escaped this requirement (at least for now) owing to maritime employment being a special case and jurisdictional issues https://www.rsmuk.com/ideas-and-insights/legal/mass-redundancies-legal-requirements-that-must-be-met https://www.rsmuk.com/ideas-and-insights/legal/mass-redundan...