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| Sports Direct to review worker rights | Sports Direct to review worker rights |
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| Sports Direct is to review all agency worker terms and conditions after the firm was criticised for its employment practices. | |
| The review will be overseen by majority shareholder Mike Ashley, who also owns Newcastle United Football Club. | The review will be overseen by majority shareholder Mike Ashley, who also owns Newcastle United Football Club. |
| The company also defended itself against recent accusations about its employee practices, denying it "named and shamed" workers over a warehouse tannoy at its Shirebrook site. | The company also defended itself against recent accusations about its employee practices, denying it "named and shamed" workers over a warehouse tannoy at its Shirebrook site. |
| It also denied penalising ill staff. | It also denied penalising ill staff. |
| Earlier this month, the sports goods retailer admitted that it searched staff leaving its warehouses, but said it had reduced the amount of time these searches took. | |
| A report in the Guardian suggested the extra, unpaid time taken for "rigorous" compulsory searches meant workers were paid less than the minimum wage. |