ZERO HOURS WORKERS
ARE YOU BEING TREATED FAIRLY BY YOUR EMPLOYER?
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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? 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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VICTORY IN IRELAND – A FAIRER AND MORE BALANCED SOLUTION TO THE ZERO HOURS PROBLEMSome 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TUC
Zero Hours Justice shows that good employers want nothing to do with zero hours contracts. We are proud to campaign together for change.
Working people deserve decent treatment at work. That must include an end to unnecessary and exploitative zero hours contracts.”
- Paul Nowak, 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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