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CAMPAIGNING TO END THE PRACTICE OF ZERO HOURS CONTRACTS

LATEST NEWS​

ENDING ZERO HOUR CONTRACT LECTURER ROLES AT SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

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ZERO HOURS WORKERS

ARE YOU BEING TREATED FAIRLY BY YOUR EMPLOYER?

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For free confidential legal information and advice, please fill in our online form or call our helpline on 01904 900 151
Many answers to questions can also be found on our help page.

​EMPLOYERS

ARE YOU FREE OF UNFAIR ZERO HOURS CONTRACTS?

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Apply for our free accreditation scheme in under 15 mins. To qualify:
  • You do not use zero hours contracts; or
  • You are able to use zero hours contracts in accordance with our minimum criteria
How would you feel if you turned up for work one day and got told you aren't needed and you're not going to be paid? 

How would you feel if you had to live day by day, not knowing how you will pay your rent or feed your kids at the end of the month?
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How would you feel if you were manipulated by a confusing system that allows unscrupulous employers to take advantage of the lowest paid and most vulnerable in our society?​
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Why are zero hours contracts so bad?

To quote the words of Frances O'Grady, General Secretary, TUC: 
"Politicians and business leaders have tried to dismiss zero-hours working as a fringe issue. They often brag about the flexibility zero-hours contracts provide, but try telling that to a care worker who doesn’t know whether they’ll have work from one day to the next and has to stay glued to their phone for updates. Try telling that to working mums and dads when they have to rearrange childcare at a moment’s notice."
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ON A ZERO HOURS CONTRACT? LET US HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS.

If you believe you have been unfairly treated under a Zero Hours Contract, we offer a Helpline and free specialist legal advice, provided by qualified experts who have already achieved justice for others. We also publish advice here on this website.  We can also advocate on your behalf with your employer if needed.
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VICTORY IN IRELAND – A FAIRER AND MORE BALANCED SOLUTION TO THE ZERO HOURS PROBLEM

Some may suggest that the battle for fairness when it comes to contracted hours and the way people are precariously employed will go on forever in the UK. But Ireland, with its similar legal system, has hopefully proved rogue employers in the UK wrong and shown the way forward for British politicians.
​ Click here to read more...
​ Zero-hours work takes a huge physical and mental toll .”
- Sarah O'Connor, Financial Times

HELP US NAME AND SHAME

A shocking number of businesses, Government departments, schools, healthcare institutions and other famous (and not-so famous) employers unilaterally impose zero hours contracts on large numbers of people, against their will. The workers may accede to signing these contracts, but the alternative is to be without work. Some employers may employ zero hours workers directly. However,  others often legally hide behind an employment agency or contractor whom they pay. In turn, the agency or contractor typically employs cleaners and others who perform the services required by the client employer on zero hours contracts. 

Some people within businesses and organisations employing people (directly or indirectly) on a zero hours contract are ignorant to the fact that they employ people in such an immoral way. Other people within businesses or organisations clearly try and hide the fact or ignore it. 
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When this shameful practice is publicly exposed, things may start to change and employers may then decide to do what's right. To help us name, shame and change what's perceived as acceptable business practice by some employers, please let us know if your employer engages workers directly, or indirectly, on a zero hours contract. We will soon publish a list and highlight this to the media with regular updates.
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​WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TUC

The TUC welcomes the Zero Hours Justice campaign. It opens up a new front in the battle to end zero-hours contracts, alongside the ongoing campaign by the TUC and its affiliated unions. We will work in close partnership with Zero Hours Justice until this exploitation of working people is outlawed. ”
- Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary-

The Trades Union Congress exists to make the working world a better place for everyone. It brings together more than 5.5 million working people in the UK who make up their 48 member unions.


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TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE UK IS ONE OF ONLY 6 COUNTRIES IN THE EU & UK -
​OF 28 IN TOTAL - THAT ALLOWS ZERO HOURS CONTRACTS.

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