WELCOME TO ZERO HOURS JUSTICE

 ​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?​

We're here to help those affected and to fight for an end to such oppressive practice.

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."

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...

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 will soon offer free specialist legal advice in the form of walk-in advice clinics, provided by qualified solicitors who may be able help you to achieve justice. Within days, we will also publish advice here on this website and are looking to take on specific cases that we believe will test and change law. 

OUR PURPOSE

​ Zero-hours work takes a huge physical and mental toll "​
- Sarah O'Connor, Financial Times

​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.

WHO WE ARE

At the time of writing, we believe the UK is one of only 6 EU countries -
​of 28 in total - that allows zero hours contracts.