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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The Acquired Rights Directive (the basis for our TUPE Regulations)
The Working Time Directive
The General Data Protection Regulations...
To name but three. All of these regulations take a sledgehammer to crack a nut. The basic principlefor each might have merit, but then they have so much bureaucracy and jargonistic language around them that the whole thing becomes a drag.
No, he's not, and I've just answered it. Sometimes it can be tiresome having to explain the obvious, that's all.[
, and they want to do it what's more. What's your solution? Who do you think should be doing these jobs?
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I'm pretty sure I've opted out of the working time directive and signed paperwork to confirm it, I realise it's tiresome but are you certain you're right about the other two?
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Bingo. If the term "zero hours contract" would always be substituted with the term "causal labour contracts" there would be little furore.
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I'm on a zero hours contract, have been with the same employer 11 years, do 63 hours a week and work to a Rota,.the contract won't stand up in court or tribunal should it ever come to that and there are plenty more like me in the same company on the same but we're all on them never the less
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
If you're unemployed, and there's a role such as picking fruit. then unless there's a medical or other valid reason for not taking the position then you should take and do the the job. That is simple.
There are some genuine reasons for people who can't do roles such as fruit or vegetable picking, yhere are also some people with no work ethic or aptitude for hard work. These people should not get to decide what type of job they want. '
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Or perhaps they don't live I the country, I'd suggest that's s reason not to take a temporary job rather than a lack of aptitude or work ethic, it's to simplistic to blame lazy young people and rhetoric I'm not keen on at all
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Originally Posted by Hugh
But the challenge with some zero hour contracts is that you have to be available at very short notice, and get binned if you're not (especially in bar and restaurants).
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And the real challenge is when you shouldn't be on them at all