"Asda used to be a well-respected company where colleagues were proud to wear the Asda badge. (Image: Daily Record)Asda workers who declined to sign the new contracts were put on 12 weeks' notice earlier this year. "Asda Colleagues are to be sacked upon 3 November due to them having second jobs, having childcare responsibilities and wishing to have a personal life," GMB said. But a statement from Asda today said comments about "colleagues being sacked due to commitments outside work are untrue". Mirror Money put GMB's comments to Asda - which responded with claims that the changes will leave 100,000 workers better off.

Source: Daily Mirror October 16, 2019 12:34 UTC