Emeritus Prof Christopher MayFeb 4

Less than five months ago, the post below appeared on a Labour Party feed.... but now (presumably under pressure from employers), the Party has decided to 'reform' zero hours contracts instead.

While one can hope zero hours contracts will be constrained this is not the same as 'banning' them - whatever you may think of the reasoning for retaining some from of ZHCs, this is yet one more gift to the Greens in the Gorton & Denton by-election.

#politics #Greens #workers #ZeroHoursContracts

Show threadKim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷Feb 4
@ChrisMayLA6
To be fair, I have long argued against a total ban on ZH contracts; there are some people — artists or authors, for example — for whom they work really well.
Some creative reform would be far better… (e.g. ZHCs must be paid at significantly higher rates per hour than FT employees, ZH employees may not be penalised for refusing a shift, paid time off, etc)
With this shower of a Government, I won’t hold my breath!
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher MayFeb 4

@KimSJ

Yes, but I guess I'd like to see some new (clearly delimited) form of contract for those incidences

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@ChrisMayLA6 @KimSJ Would that not be 'piece work'?

https://www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-different-types-work/paid-per-task-or-piece-of-work-done

Minimum wage for different types of work

Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.

GOV.UK
Feb 4 at 9:19pmWeb