JD Sports Fashion Plc Response to Media Reports (8960R)
15 December 2016 - 6:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8960R
JD Sports Fashion Plc
15 December 2016
15 December 2016
JD Sports Fashion Plc
Response to Media Reports
JD Sports Fashion Plc notes the media reports containing
allegations regarding the working conditions at our Kingsway
distribution centre. We would like to address the validity of these
allegations by issuing the following statement:
We are deeply disappointed and concerned by the footage
broadcast by Channel 4, which we have seen for the first time in
full this evening. Whilst we do not believe it to be an accurate
reflection of our culture, the vast majority of our people or our
standards of practice and procedures, we will be launching an
investigation into the implementation of our policies at our
Kingsway facility.
While we maintain that the policies and procedures in place are
robust and fair, it is clear that we need to do better in their
implementation. In the short term, we intend to retrain all
supervisory and security employees at the facility, as a matter of
urgency, to ensure that those policies are correctly reflected
across the workplace.
We would like to reiterate that we categorically do not operate
a 'strike' policy or system and our workers cannot be fired 'on the
spot'; we have a fully outlined disciplinary procedure and appeal
process based on the ACAS code of practice. Our time and attendance
system is specifically designed to ensure that all workers are paid
for the time it takes to exit any queue on leaving the site, and we
pay all employees in full who are up to 15 minutes late on
arrival.
Our employees are vital to our business, so we take any such
allegations very seriously. As a result, we will undertake to
conduct a review of all our policies, their communication and
implementation at the site, with the clear aim not only to continue
the improvement of the facility, but also to think about the future
structure of employment at the site for the benefit of all the
people employed at Kingsway. We undertake to be transparent
regarding the changes we make, both to our employees and other
stakeholders.
As previously stated, we will readily open our doors to an
appropriate independent body wishing to scrutinise our operations
at Kingsway.
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Enquiries:
JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: 0161 767 1000
Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman
Brian Small, Chief Financial Officer
MHP Communications Tel: 0203 128 8100
Andrew Jaques
Barnaby Fry
Gina Bell
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