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Labour To Ban Zero Hours Contracts.
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Hypocrisy from Labour again.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hammer and nut again. When my children were small I worked as a Supply teacher for years so I could be flexible - I could be at home if they were ill, for example.
Others will have other reasons to want zero hours.
Problem comes when you are ready to work full time and you can't because you are cheaper on hourly. That area could perhaps be looked at.
The Labour government does not propose to ban zero-hours contracts per se, but exploitative zero-hour contracts – which begs the question, what is an exploitative zero-hours contract?
I know of at least one ‘fulfilment’ warehouse operation (having the same name as a large rain-forest in South America), that employs staff on zero-hours contracts under which they are not guaranteed any work hours, but are prohibited from taking other employment.
Clearly this is exploitative.
Although retired, I have agreed a zero-hours contract with my employer whereby I work (sometimes from home) as and when required – but reserve the right not to (I don’t need the money). I might work anything from 10 - 50 hours a month; is this contract exploitative?
You are allowed to name Amazon.
According to the Financial Times, June 2024
"Amazon, for instance, does not use zero-hours contracts. It has recently introduced a flexible contract option which guarantees a minimum of 80 hours per month, with employees able to pick their shifts."
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I think the only issue that needs addressing (and which needs legislation) is that people who begin a job under a "normal" contract should not be forced to accept a zero hours contract during their employment.
Other than that, nobody is being forced to accept zero hours contracts. If they don't like the idea, it is open to them o decline the job.
"...but to solve that without unintended consequences is not going to be easy."
All it needs is legislation to prevent employers making a change to "zero hours" for somebody they already employ. But this government won't be happy with that. They will want to control what they consider to be "evil and vicious Dickensian" employers and there will be consequences which mean that those who enjoy zero hours arrangments won't be able to do so.
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