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 threadPeter Brown
@ChrisMayLA6 It’s the law of unintended consequences. If you ban zero hours contracts most of those jobs will become self-employed. Better to be zero hours on an employment contract than to be self-employed.
All would be solved by #ubi
Feb 4 at 9:28pmWeb
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher MayFeb 4

@peterbrown

Indeed, one way through this would be introducing UBI, that would be a major political step.

Show threadHighlandLawyerFeb 4
@ChrisMayLA6 @peterbrown
These jobs currently combine all the downsides of employment, with all the detriments of self-employment, & none of the benefits of either, so I'd argue actual self employment would be better (plus the benefits office would no longer be able to force people to take them).