Originally posted on UNEMPLOYED IN TYNE & WEAR:
Leading law firm, Thompson Solicitors, has slammed ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and the coalition government’s “sham” consultation exercise into the use of the controversial employment contracts.
Thompsons Solicitors say zero-hours
contracts provide no guarantee of work and can trap people into working
for a single employer with ‘exclusivity’ clauses.
People trapped on zero-hours contracts
have no idea how many hours they will be required to complete.
Consequently, employees have no clear indication on how much they will
be paid from week to week.
The law firm say the contracts prevent
parents from planning family activities, and organising childcare,
because zero-hours employees can be called into work at a moments notice
on a ‘take it or leave it’ basis. This widespread ‘exploitation’ which ‘gives people no choice’ needs to be tackled, say Thompsons.
Thompsons say that government’s consultation into zero-hours contracts ‘
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