The P&O boss was requested if he might dwell on £4.87 an hour. “No, I could not,” he replied.
He additionally admitted that final 12 months he was paid a wage of £325,000 and acquired a bonus of £183,000 final April.
The ferry group gained notoriety two years in the past when it made 786 workers redundant earlier than changing them with individuals on decrease wages.
“I remorse it and I’m deeply sorry for the impression it had on 786 seafarers and their households,” he stated.
“Let me be completely clear, we might not make that call once more.”
However he additionally stated the choice had been essential to save lots of the corporate.
Paul Nowak, common secretary of the Trades Union Congress, stated Mr Hebblethwaite “admitted that he couldn’t dwell on this poverty fee of pay – however he expects his staff to outlive on it”.
He added: “It beggars perception that P&O Ferries has confronted no sanctions for its misdeeds and that its father or mother firm DP World has continued to be awarded authorities contracts.”
