A TRADE union has called for ASOS chief Nick Beighton to be questioned by MPs following claims of unfair employment practices at its online distribution site in Barnsley.
GMB staff, who met outside the retailer’s premises on Park Spring Road, Grimethorpe, last Friday, claim its members have reported that the retailer owes workers payment for hundreds of hours of ‘flex time’ - something which ASOS has denied.
GMB general secretary Tim Roache, regional secretary Neil Derrick, TUC regional secretary Bill Adams and newly-elected TUC chairman Joanne Thomas were all present for the protest.
Ken Perritt, of XPO Logisitics, which runs the ASOS site, previously told the Chronicle said the company takes its responsibility as an employer seriously.
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