29th July 2014, 09:34 AM
It has come to my attention that these sorts of contracts are currently being used in commercial archaeology in the Netherlands, with exclusivity clauses that bind the employee to one employer (an extremely unethical practice in my opinion).
I've noticed that zero-hour contracts have continued to be a subject of controversy in the news in the UK over the last year, and that there is a proposed bill sponsored by Labour due for its second reading in the House of Commons in November this year. I've emailed the MP Ian Mearns about it today to try to find out more about the intended legislation.
There is some useful bibliography on the wikipedia page for zero-hour contracts, especially the link to the PDF on the House of Common library website by Douglas Pyper; Daniel Harari (5 August 2013)
Ed Miliband apparently said in December last year:
"Weâll ban zero hours contracts which require workers to work exclusively for one business. Weâll stop zero hours contracts which require workers to be on call all day
without any guarantee of work. And weâll end zero hours contracts where workers are working regular hours but are denied a regular contract."
I would be very interested to know how the situation has developed in the UK since the last posts were made. Are these sorts of contracts more common now, and do they keep people hanging on in one place with no work? Does circuit digging still exist in the UK in the same manner that it did before the credit crunch?
I've noticed that zero-hour contracts have continued to be a subject of controversy in the news in the UK over the last year, and that there is a proposed bill sponsored by Labour due for its second reading in the House of Commons in November this year. I've emailed the MP Ian Mearns about it today to try to find out more about the intended legislation.
There is some useful bibliography on the wikipedia page for zero-hour contracts, especially the link to the PDF on the House of Common library website by Douglas Pyper; Daniel Harari (5 August 2013)
Ed Miliband apparently said in December last year:
"Weâll ban zero hours contracts which require workers to work exclusively for one business. Weâll stop zero hours contracts which require workers to be on call all day
without any guarantee of work. And weâll end zero hours contracts where workers are working regular hours but are denied a regular contract."
I would be very interested to know how the situation has developed in the UK since the last posts were made. Are these sorts of contracts more common now, and do they keep people hanging on in one place with no work? Does circuit digging still exist in the UK in the same manner that it did before the credit crunch?