Great Britain: Scottish court blocks the Tesco supermarket ‘fire & rehire’ strategy

During this boom time for certain companies since the Covid-19 pandemic, an increasing number of them have been resorting to the ‘fire & rehire’ practice, whereby employees are forced to quit their jobs and sign new employment contracts for the same positions, but with less favorable working conditions. However, the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has just ruled in favour of the Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) and temporarily blocked Tesco (supermarket chain) from resorting to this practice at its Livingston distribution site pending a judgment on the merits.