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It should be named the flexible hours contract because the people that actually use that contract are, for the most part, people who have caring responsibilities, students, people who can't guarantee hours, fixed hours, over a series of weeks, but who are able therefore to flex their work and take the work as necessary".
The other option would be for companies to guarantee "hours that reflect the periods worked each week", with the committee suggesting the government works with the UK's Low Pay Commission to find suitable companies to pilot the idea.
Increasing numbers of workers find themselves in contractual relationships that do not guarantee hours worked or provide benefits such as paid vacation, sick days, or pension benefits.
For restaurants to pay servers a similar wage, they would have to guarantee hours and pay them a much higher rate than they do, which customers would invariably see reflected in the cost of dining; you'd still pay the same amount or possibly higher, but you wouldn't see if directly coming out of your wallet in the same way.
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This is because Karen, who features in a report by my Labour parliamentary colleagues in Merseyside, was on a zero-hours contract that did not oblige her employer to offer guaranteed hours of work.
Although it falls short of Labour's promise to abolish zero-hour contracts, or institute a compulsory minimum wage, it's expected to recommend giving precarious workers, like Uber drivers or Deliveroo riders the right to fixed-hours contracts and request more money if bosses refuse to give guaranteed hours and sick pay.
The advert makes it clear there are no guaranteed hours.
They have a right to request guaranteed hours.
Zero-hours contracts, which offer workers few or no guaranteed hours, will be more strictly limited.
No guaranteed hours, shifts cancelled at short notice: surely a contract fit for Wongaland?
The ILO also wants to see minimum guaranteed hours, better social protection and stronger collective bargaining.
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