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Fined £150 for missing work for hospital appointment
Missed 3 more appointments & kept working while ill to avoid more fines
Died of heart attack
Widow risks being made homeless
But keep telling me how great it is unemployment’s so low #zerohours https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/26/widow-driver-ruth-don-lane-died-hospital-visit-fine-faces-homelessness?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other … -
No wonder there is so much desperation and anger. As
@TheGreenParty has long said, we need to ban#zerohours contracts.#Security is crucial to wellbeingHttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/12/more-than-5m-people-in-britain-suffer-low-paid-insecure-work … -
#Uber could have to pay out millions if it loses Supreme Court case that has implications across the entire#GigEconomy#ZeroHours#MinimumWagehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/21/uber-drivers-fight-for-workers-rights-reaches-supreme-court … -
"It's all true. I cried during the whole film". A care worker and a delivery driver review Ken Loach's film Sorry We Missed You - released nationally today - on Radio 4
#YouandYours. Go see it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009t24 …#SorryWeMissedYou#ZeroHours -
We welcome the Living Hours programme developed by
@LivingWageUK in order to offer more protection to#zerohours#workers And well done to@RicherSounds@SSE and@SLA_plc for your commitment to the programmehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48593588 … -
Jeff Bezos overtook Elon Musk to become the world's richest man (again) this week. But in the run-up to Christmas Amazon was using agency workers who say their shifts dried up, leaving them struggling to pay the bills.
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CONFIRMED
#zerohours catering staff@cityunilondon will receive normal for weeks they would have normally expected to work while uni is closed due to#COVID19, backdated to 17 march


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This Tuesday (19 Nov) our
@Dralia_p will be part of a discussion on#fragilelabour that is also part of the#zerohours season@tynesidecinema. The programme includes We Make Ships, the film by@tompickardpoet that inspired our#Shipbuilding history website http://www.wemadeships.co.uk/ -
I’ve spoken to three people today who are on
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'It is now coming up to 10 months since millions across the UK were excluded from the Government coronavirus financial support schemes. Some have received not even a penny since March 2020' -
@Jamie4North writes.@APPGGapsSupport#ExcludedUK#ZeroHours https://bit.ly/2LhbTmG pic.twitter.com/3JsVAuz0FY
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"As a temp on a
#ZeroHours Contract, I get 4 hours notice of the next shift but often 5 minutes notice that the shift is cancelled"#Amazon workers in#Belfast are calling our free & confidential hotline 08000 14 14 61 https://e-activist.com/page/78580/survey/1?locale=en-GB …pic.twitter.com/lxHlN4amAe
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My interview with Morning Ireland today about the new
#ZeroHours and low hours contract legislation and how it will impact on workers. The new law will help workers to obtain secure hours and incomes and help resolve housing issues, for eg#DecentWorkhttps://soundcloud.com/mandate-trade-union/rte-interview-mandate-on-low-and-zero-hour-contract-legislation … -
ISSUE 5/5: JOB INSECURITY. Zero-hours / hourly / temp contracts are endemic. If you want a part-time job for beer money, this works. But that this is the norm for highly qualified, experienced 35y/os trying to feed their families is unconscionable. 6/33
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Watch this and read the Tory stats on employment with your eyes wide open
#SorryWeMissedYou#ZeroHours#GigEconomyhttps://twitter.com/SWMYfilm/status/1141294609462697984 …
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Thousands of Care Workers paid less than Min Wage. An estimated 307,000 Care Workers, or a fifth of the Adult Social Care Workforce, are on ‘
#ZeroHours Contracts’, meaning they do not have stable hours each week or a stable income Employment rights totally ignored by employers! pic.twitter.com/q1NVdFf9NL
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#Amazon warehouse staff 'treated like slaves with long shifts and short breaks' glad to see@DailyMirror reporting this. I’d also recommend ‘Hired’ by@J_Bloodworth https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/amazon-warehouse-staff-treated-like-20661995?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar …#zerohours#workersrights -
What is ‘atypical working’? Tomorrow at 11:00am our
#employmentlaw team are hosting a FREE webinar discussing different forms of employment including atypical working and#zerohours contracts. Follow the link to secure your place https://bit.ly/35yFjVd#emplawpic.twitter.com/N8PLCrMKWW
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#Carehomes are rarely#NHS. And have never had basic NHS occupational health support risks workers & clients face, many on#ZeroHours. Let's use#COVID19 to make#socialcare safer for staff & clients, parity with#NHS workers https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/03/22/care-home-staff-face-compulsory-covid-vaccination/ …pic.twitter.com/QMXIwCxtLE
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