Zero hour contracts

[Tangled up in Blue]

Miliband gets tough on zero hour contracts at Sports Direct.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30066568

 

[steveo]

Miliband can get as tough as he likes,. He cant do anything about it though.

Do you know if he has any plans to "get tough" on benefit scroungers and illegal immigrants?

 

[Benfleet A1]

I'm guessing that Sports Direct aren't a regular contributor the Labour coffers.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

I'm guessing that Sports Direct aren't a regular contributor the Labour coffers.

So a political party not being paid to look the other way is a bad thing?

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

Miliband can get as tough as he likes,. He cant do anything about it though.

Do you know if he has any plans to "get tough" on benefit scroungers and illegal immigrants?

Cameron can do something about it but has chosen not to.

 

[Benfleet A1]

So a political party not being paid to look the other way is a bad thing?

I don't know, why don't you ask John Mills at JML.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

I don't know, why don't you ask John Mills at JML.

Can you give me his email address?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I'm guessing that Sports Direct aren't a regular contributor the Labour coffers.

Newcastle's Chairman owns the business I believe.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Can you give me his email address?

The only thing I can give you at the moment is this dose of flu which you are more than welcome to. Actually, scratch that, I wouldn't wish this on anyone. There isn't enough codine in the world at the moment.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Miliband can get as tough as he likes,. He cant do anything about it though.

Zero hours contracts should be made illegal.If the Tories do it before the next election, that's fine with me.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23554409

 

[OldBlueLady]

Zero hours contracts should be made illegal.If the Tories do it before the next election, that's fine with me.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23554409

Absolutely spot on.

 

[steveo]

Zero hours contracts should be made illegal.If the Tories do it before the next election, that's fine with me.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23554409

Nobody is forced to take a zero hours contract job.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Miliband gets tough on zero hour contracts at Sports Direct.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30066568

He'll regret it next time he wants to buy a Lonsdale jogging suit.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Nobody is forced to take a zero hours contract job.

Can't say I agree with that, for some people those are the only option.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Zero hours contracts should be made illegal.If the Tories do it before the next election, that's fine with me.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23554409

I'm on a zero hours contract but I earn decent money and have built up enough of a buffer zone to absorb any periods of not working.

What should be banned employing people on low wages and not offering them guaranteed hours so they can ensure they can afford to live.

 

[OldBlueLady]

What should be banned employing people on low wages and not offering them guaranteed hours so they can ensure they can afford to live.

Exactly, too often they are offered to people that don't have any choice, JobCentres are sending people on interviews with these kind of contracts. They don't help people who are on JSA!

 

[dingleydangley]

Nobody is forced to take a zero hours contract job.

Don't be silly.

This is exactly the kind of issue that should be on the table and, if the criticism of Milliband has dragged him towards genuine, necessary political change then I hope that the slaggings continue. The current job market is weighted far too much towards unscrupulous employers and it has to change.

 

[steveo]

Don't be silly.

This is exactly the kind of issue that should be on the table and, if the criticism of Milliband has dragged him towards genuine, necessary political change then I hope that the slaggings continue.

Ok so work the zero hours contracts, get some work experience and try to get a more secure job.

The current job market is weighted far too much towards unscrupulous employers and it has to change.

Great idea, lets go back to the 70's when Arthur Scargill ran the country.

 

[steveo]

I'm on a zero hours contract but I earn decent money and have built up enough of a buffer zone to absorb any periods of not working.

Is that through choice Cyril?

 

[Rob Noxious]

Ok so work the zero hours contracts, get some work experience and try to get a more secure job.



Great idea, lets go back to the 70's when Arthur Scargill ran the country.

Arthur Scargill never ran the country. He was the leader of the Yorkshire Miners during this time. The same people run the country then as they do now. Only a lot easier than they did then.