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Zero hours contract..

will scrapping the zero hours contract cause havoc within your business? I understand the advantages and disadvantages to both parties.. and i personally feel with the right employees it can work wonders for both. I also believe it can help a lot with how delicate the nature of our industry is weather wise.

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    Noticed mention of a study by the Office of National Statistics that shows that the number of people on zero-hour contracts is around 1.4 million.

    That is much higher than first thought, and the TUC is calling for a tightening of the legislation, with them saying such insecure work, with no guarantee of regular paid hours, was not good to see.

    ONS reveals first business estimates of employee contracts without ...

  • I suppose you could have a one hour contract, and pay them £7 a week as a retainer?

  • We got rid of our zero hours contracts last year as we built up enough work to guarantee employment and found usually we got better people by being able to do this.

  • PRO
    I'm just in the process of setting one up for one of my "guys " for whom it would be a second job fitting around his availability. Am I too late?
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