Live updates: Mike Ashley admits Sports Direct mistakes
Live reaction to Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley's appearance before MPs.
Live reaction to Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley's appearance before MPs.
The recruitment agency who provides staff to Sports Direct has described conditions at the retail chain's warehouses as a "normal working environment".
The agency representatives said Sports Direct's six-strikes policy was there to "help" workers and said they were unaware of mistreatment of workers.
ITV News Business Editor Joel Hills tweeted:
Transline and Best Connection supply @sportsdirectuk with 4,000 staff. They guarantee a minimum of 336 hours/year and statutory benefits..
Transline recruitment agency describes conditions at @sportsdirectuk warehouse as "normal working environment".
Recruitment agencies says the "6 strikes policy" was inherited from @sportsdirectuk The disciplinary procedures are there to "help".
Recruitment agencies (Best Connection and Transline) claim to best of their knowledge no workers at @sportsdirectuk have been mistreated.
Allegations of bad working conditions at Sports Direct's main warehouse are appalling - but Mike Ashley appeared to have little oversight.
The tycoon told MPs things had happened at the retail giant that "shouldn't happen" after conditions were likened to a "labour camp".
The billionaire is set to answer questions later this morning over working conditions at his Shirebrook warehouse.