Zero hours contracts

[John O'Sullivan]

A zero hours contract how does that work?? 😮
sounds like he/she signs up and you ring when your stuck?? 😀 😀
cant see a rush for this 😕 :lol1:

[Denise Goodfellow]

TBH these were my ythoughts.

A care customer has all his carers on zero hrs, he just rings them up when theres work!

[Kevin Busby]

I did use this a couple years back, basically you give them a contract with zero hours on and use them when you need them. You must also make sure that the rate you agree includes an element of holiday pay and show this in the contract then you are clear of owing them holiday as you have paid it in their wages, saves getting stung when you have had a busy spell and used them a lot.

Kevin

[Chris Wool]

can see it would suit some people after i saw a tv thing about it. just thought it was a way of not paying agency fees.
seams to be the in thing for employers and it does help both people out but don’t think its been tested in law yet from what i gather holding a few people back from it.

[Lorraine Clinch]

Zero hours works well for us in the pub, as we are seasonal, all our staff know that the work will start to dry up from September, until there are hardly any hours available, until Easter, when it starts again. Just the way it is, here in the Norfolk Broads.

Lorraine 👿 (hot)

[Martin Pearson]

I’m in 2 minds about this, One of my relatives works for a cinema & is on a zero hour contract, apparently the general feeling amongst staff is that the management doesn’t really value them which can’t help with how they interact with the customers.
What has also helped to make her feel bad is that recently she was quite ill & had some time off work for which they refused to pay her any sick pay.

Having said all that I don’t really know enough about them & how they work to be able to give a balanced view which is why I’m in 2 minds lol

[Denise Goodfellow]

I can see the negs for this, but a small company like ourselves there are quite afew plus`s.

[Hugh Potter]

personally I wouldn’t take on a zero hour contract employee, I know it makes business sense but how long will they hang around if offered something better? even if you offered 8hrs a wek over 2 morning with overtime where required it would at least give the employee a set rota to which to base their other time around.

just mho

[Lorraine Clinch]

Some of our staff have been with us since we took on the pub, over 6 years now, all are on zero hours. It works very well for us, as we cannot afford to pay staff if there are no customers, that would be senseless.
It means that our staff get regular and plentiful hours when we are busy, some have set shifts, others are happy to go from week to week. Two of our college (17 yo) staff have already asked if they can come back next year.
We have had 15 staff on the rota this year, all on zero hours. They are being whittled down now, some have left because of college, but the older ones stay on.
I think that all pubs around here work in the same way.