Zero-hours contracts: are they bad for workers? – five-minute debate

6 Comments on “Zero-hours contracts: are they bad for workers? – five-minute debate”

1. English people need to mobilize ourselves against these companies who use
   zero hours contracts

2. Zero hours contract = no rights whatsoever, an employer could punch you in
   the face and if you complained you’d not work there again.
   No Holiday pay
   No sick pay
   No bank holiday pay
   Appalling explotation of people taking us back to industrial revolution
   workers rights.

3. I have lots of experience as a project worker working with venerable young
   adults who are homeless. I graduated last year doing a degree, started
   looking for work as a project worker and all positions are zero gr
   contracts. I took a position with a company and have been working average
   60hrs a week. Now however I am doing two shifts a week. I might as well go
   on the dole so I can pay my rent and bills as can’t with w shifts a week.
   But cant go on dole as I will still be employed and must be dismissed
   before I can apply straight away on benefits until I find another position.
   I love my job and I’m great at it. But financialy and emotionally I can’t
   do this anymore. I can’t progress in my role as my contract says that I
   will not receive training or go on courses because I’m on a zero hours
   contract, so I am not progressing in any way. I need to leave my dream job
   to just find anything. All this hard work for nothing. 

4. Alexander is a blushing, sweaty, messy, evil-eyed liar reading from a
   text-book with no real hands-on experience in dealing with zero hours
   contracts! And Zoe was spot on!

5. yes they are horrible living with uncertainty every week no rights i know
   hoe it works i work with a zero hour contract

6. What do you think?

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