John & Peter are both employees. John occupies a supervisory position and Peter is a driver. Both have different contracts, in which John rotates on a 6 days on, 3 days off basis, when Peter rotates on a 4 days on, 4 days off basis. Upon an oral agreement between both John and Peter, and with the employer's consent, they exchanged their jobs and rotas. Now, a vacancy for a supervisory position has risen (same as John's) and Peter applies (I must add that Peter has been an acting supervisor for sometime). Several members of staff applied along Peter. Upon the interview process, Peter was chosen as the new supervisor... Members of staff have now been complaining about the fairness of the selection process. Selecting any other member of staff than Peter would mean that John would be forced to reverting into his initial position, which he doesn't want to as the actual arrangments are of benefit for him (4 days on, 4 days off, rate of pay, etc...). Are employees right in raising concerns? (Thank you)
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