#zerohours — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #zerohours, aggregated by home.social.
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The #UK has seen an “explosion” in insecure, low-paid #work in the past 14 years, according to a new report.
The #TUC said its study had found that the number of people in insecure work had reached a record high of 4.1 million
Analysis of official statistics shows number of people in precarious #employment – such as #ZeroHours contracts, low-paid self-employment & casual or seasonal work – increased ~1 million between 2011 & 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/14/uk-explosion-in-insecure-work-tuc-report
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Labour vows to ban fire and rehire after war of words with unions | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/08/labour-vows-to-ban-fire-and-rehire-after-war-of-words-with-unions#Labour
#FireAndRehire
#WorkersRights
#Starmer
#Unite
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Labour vows to ban fire and rehire after war of words with unions | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/08/labour-vows-to-ban-fire-and-rehire-after-war-of-words-with-unions#Labour
#FireAndRehire
#WorkersRights
#Starmer
#Unite
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Labour vows to ban fire and rehire after war of words with unions | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/08/labour-vows-to-ban-fire-and-rehire-after-war-of-words-with-unions#Labour
#FireAndRehire
#WorkersRights
#Starmer
#Unite
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Labour vows to ban fire and rehire after war of words with unions | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/08/labour-vows-to-ban-fire-and-rehire-after-war-of-words-with-unions#Labour
#FireAndRehire
#WorkersRights
#Starmer
#Unite
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Labour vows to ban fire and rehire after war of words with unions | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/08/labour-vows-to-ban-fire-and-rehire-after-war-of-words-with-unions#Labour
#FireAndRehire
#WorkersRights
#Starmer
#Unite
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Zero-hours contracts show structural racism that's in place
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/04/27/zero-hours-contracts-black-brown-workers/#0hrsContracts
#ZeroHours
#Racism
#TUC
#Misogynoir
#Misogyny
#InsecureWork
#Black
#Brown
#POC
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Record number of young people on zero-hour contracts – report
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/record-number-of-young-people-on-zero-hour-contracts-report/ar-BB1kfBVW?cvid=507b7b76b594410f83dd34ad21f4b2d6&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=18 -
In the UK, its illegal to do so, but of course in precarious #gigecnomy & #zerohours contract settings, that's not applicable!
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Exploitative practices have been common across the UK's #universities - mainly through forms of #zerohours contracts often dignified by being called 'sessional work'.... now #OxfordUniversity has lost a case on the denial of employment rights to two #academics over a 15 year period in which they were employed on 'sham contracts'.
This sort of employment is too widespread in the HE sector, so it would be good if #university HR departments took note & ended the practice
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/feb/21/academics-win-claim-against-oxford-university-over-sham-contracts -
For many of us #zerohours contracts are something that happens to others; we sympathise but have little direct experience of its insidious impact on life, aspirations & general #mentalhealth.
Here's a long read, which explores one person's experience; often refusing the required subservience, Rose Atkinson says 'I don’t just want to live, I want to thrive. And I don’t think that’s too much to ask'!
Its heartbreaking that she (like so many) is in this position!
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Sarah O'Connor asks in the FT, why don't people leave rubbish (exploitative) #jobs... & suggests some answers:
Fear the next job will be worse;
The sunk costs of building a relationship with a manager who allocates hours (in #zerohours contract);
#publictransport limits the choice of locations you can feasibly work;
fear of disrupting vital #benefits payments while shifting jobs;
Benefits rules also declare leaving a job due to low pay is not a 'good reason' leading to 3 month 'sanction'!
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@SubtleBlade Though what #AngelaRayner said was ok
The devil will be in the detail
AND whether #Labour dither, wilt and collapse under the least pressure from the organisations that like zero hours contracts and poverty pay#UKPolitics #UKPol #Poverty #MinimumWage #ZeroHours #Starmer
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‘The Strikes Act is the nadir of the Conservatives’ wretched record on living standards’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-strikes-act-is-the-nadir-of-the-conservatives-wretched-record-on-living-standards#StrikesAct
#TUC
#Tories
#StrikesMinimumServiceLevelsAct
#UN
#WorkersRights
#UNWorkersRightsArm
#InternationalLabourOrganisation
#ILO
#EuropeanTradeUnionConfederation
#ETUC
#FireAndRehire
#ZeroHoursContracts
#ZeroHours
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‘The Strikes Act is the nadir of the Conservatives’ wretched record on living standards’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-strikes-act-is-the-nadir-of-the-conservatives-wretched-record-on-living-standards#StrikesAct
#TUC
#Tories
#StrikesMinimumServiceLevelsAct
#UN
#WorkersRights
#UNWorkersRightsArm
#InternationalLabourOrganisation
#ILO
#EuropeanTradeUnionConfederation
#ETUC
#FireAndRehire
#ZeroHoursContracts
#ZeroHours
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‘The Strikes Act is the nadir of the Conservatives’ wretched record on living standards’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-strikes-act-is-the-nadir-of-the-conservatives-wretched-record-on-living-standards#StrikesAct
#TUC
#Tories
#StrikesMinimumServiceLevelsAct
#UN
#WorkersRights
#UNWorkersRightsArm
#InternationalLabourOrganisation
#ILO
#EuropeanTradeUnionConfederation
#ETUC
#FireAndRehire
#ZeroHoursContracts
#ZeroHours
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‘The Strikes Act is the nadir of the Conservatives’ wretched record on living standards’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-strikes-act-is-the-nadir-of-the-conservatives-wretched-record-on-living-standards#StrikesAct
#TUC
#Tories
#StrikesMinimumServiceLevelsAct
#UN
#WorkersRights
#UNWorkersRightsArm
#InternationalLabourOrganisation
#ILO
#EuropeanTradeUnionConfederation
#ETUC
#FireAndRehire
#ZeroHoursContracts
#ZeroHours
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‘The Strikes Act is the nadir of the Conservatives’ wretched record on living standards’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-strikes-act-is-the-nadir-of-the-conservatives-wretched-record-on-living-standards#StrikesAct
#TUC
#Tories
#StrikesMinimumServiceLevelsAct
#UN
#WorkersRights
#UNWorkersRightsArm
#InternationalLabourOrganisation
#ILO
#EuropeanTradeUnionConfederation
#ETUC
#FireAndRehire
#ZeroHoursContracts
#ZeroHours
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In among the latest #labourmarket data from the ONS is the following:
Over 1.125m people were employed on a #zerohours contract between October to December 2022.
This is an 8.5% increase on the previous quarter & represents an all time high
Young workers, women workers and people born outside the UK are all more like to be in zero hours employment.
Moreover, 1 in 9 workers aged between 16 and 24 (11.7% ) are now on a zero hours contract!
The world of work is precarious for too many
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And then putting (early retired) returnees on #zerohours contracts is certainly not going to help given that's exactly the sort of management bullish*t that may have encouraged their exit from the labour force in the first place
(see report below on rising numbers of over-50s on ZH contracts, the very group the 'mid-life MOT' is going to be aimed at).
h/t @lindaheap for signposting this article this morning!
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/26/zero-hours-contracts-among-over-50s-hit-highest-level-recorded -
Zero-hours contracts among over-50s hit highest level recorded