Fudbeer Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 No holiday pay and no guarantee of how many hours they will get. This is getting ridiculous now how are people supposed to plan for the future when they have no idea how many hours they will get. I accept that many are students and retail is notorious for exploiting workers but to have nearly all staff with no guarantee of hours from week to week is taking the mickey. Certainly wont be buying anything from them in future. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jul/28/sports-direct-staff-zero-hour-contracts?guni=Article:in%20body%20link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 No holiday pay and no guarantee of how many hours they will get. This is getting ridiculous now how are people supposed to plan for the future when they have no idea how many hours they will get. I accept that many are students and retail is notorious for exploiting workers but to have nearly all staff with no guarantee of hours from week to week is taking the mickey. Certainly wont be buying anything from them in future. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jul/28/sports-direct-staff-zero-hour-contracts?guni=Article:in%20body%20link But he offers his mate pardew ,an eight year extension to his newcastle contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 It's not just this company that do such nasty things to their employees. I know loads of people who are on zero hour contracts, including quite a large number of NHS employees. How is anybody supposed to pay rent or know that they will have enough money for food at the end of the month if you don't know that you will actually have work? And on top of that, if you're working exclusively for that company, how unfair is it of them to remove your rights to holiday pay and sickness benefit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Nice that one of the big supermarkets is LYING about using zero-hour contracts. It's either that or HQ doesn't know what's going off in their stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 It's just another loophole that needs closing, but obviously the government is going to drag it's heels because the retail sector will cry foul and demand they need it. In the mean time the employers get to exploit workers, this is really something the union(s) should be dealing with. but they're too busy playing socialist politics to actually care about the people they should be representing :rollyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staunton Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 The zero hour contract is just another one of those strategies used by big business to make profits whilst ordinary people count the cost. We hear a great deal about flexibility, but the real reeason that such policies are being introduced is to suit big business. And big business doesn't like the obligations of little things like paying wages. So they invent something called the zero hour contract. That means ordinary people being exploited whilst executives enjoy their bonus package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 ive said this on other threads this countrys workers are now getting shafted left right and centre. thatchers dead and scargills gone what we need now is the unions to get back to what they were originally set up to do in the first place, get better conditions for the working man/woman. the kids of the future will have a bleak outlook if something is not done now. the gov (past and present) are slowly wearing down the working man/woman when will we realise this ---------- Post added 30-07-2013 at 16:48 ---------- It's just another loophole that needs closing, but obviously the government is going to drag it's heels because the retail sector will cry foul and demand they need it. In the mean time the employers get to exploit workers, this is really something the union(s) should be dealing with. but they're too busy playing socialist politics to actually care about the people they should be representing :rollyes: they soon close loopholes when it comes to expences/mansion taxes etc pity they not as quick when its for the working man . the other week there was a program on tv about building companies blacklisting workers which caused these workers a lot of stress plus not being able to work. if you work for a company and they operate these contracts name and shame them here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 It's just another loophole that needs closing, but obviously the government is going to drag it's heels because the retail sector will cry foul and demand they need it. In the mean time the employers get to exploit workers, this is really something the union(s) should be dealing with. but they're too busy playing socialist politics to actually care about the people they should be representing :rollyes: How? If the Sports Direct "staff" are even in a union what do you suggest that union does? I only ask because every time I see unions attempt to get better better working conditions and pay for their members they are pilloried on here and elsewhere and told they are Bolshevik agitators seeking to bring the country to its knees. "Annmarie Kilcline, a regional secretary at Unite, the only recognised union at Sports Direct, said she had written to Ashley demanding a meeting. She said: "We hope Mike Ashley will sit down with Unite to discuss how the treatment of workers at Sports Direct can be improved, after they have made the business such a success." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Thats usually because they are on strike, which instantly annoys the public. Striking for even more pay for already overpaid train drivers, or another wage increase when everyone in the public sector hasn't seen one in many years. The unions can do more than strike, they can lobby the government for a change in the law, or run a media campaign to raise public awareness and get people debating the subject - then lobby the government again to really push the subject home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamSmith Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 It's just another loophole that needs closing, but obviously the government is going to drag it's heels because the retail sector will cry foul and demand they need it. In the mean time the employers get to exploit workers, this is really something the union(s) should be dealing with. but they're too busy playing socialist politics to actually care about the people they should be representing :rollyes: what loophole is that then?? all my employees are on zero hour contracts and have been for years, it doesnt mean i dont look after them, they still get all the benefits of employment same as anyone else, zero hours gives me and my company flexibility, all companies need this flexibiltity to suit the business, or how do you expect employers to make a profit?? we dont do it for the employees good ....its for our own good thats why we risk everything:rolleyes: nothing to do with exploitation...if you dont like it find another job...and as for unions:rolleyes: they have done more harm than good for the average worker, we wont have anything to do with unions troublemakers the lot of them:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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