We've always had 'zero-hours' contracts in one form or another. It used to be possible to employ people on a 'casual' basis but when that was outlawed we moved to agency workers. The same thing but with a bunch of rent-seeking spivs adding a considerable overhead in return for a veneer of respectability.
Zero hours contracts are not necessarily a bad thing. We've always had bad employers, regardless of how workers are employed.
Many are flouting the laws as they stand, I know of one national 'charity' that make Sports Direct look like Saints; you won't be reading about them in the Guardian though.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 5.4 ms ] threadZero hours contracts are not necessarily a bad thing. We've always had bad employers, regardless of how workers are employed.
Many are flouting the laws as they stand, I know of one national 'charity' that make Sports Direct look like Saints; you won't be reading about them in the Guardian though.