P&O famously fired a lot of people in the UK, a year ago, and immediately replaced them with agency staff. This was widely considered to be fire and rehire, al

P&O famously fired a lot of people in the UK, a year ago, and immediately replaced them with agency staff. This was widely considered to be fire and rehire, although the government position was that it was “just fire”. So companies are willing to skirt the intention of the law.