樱花动漫 to press government over zero-hours contracts
19 December 2013
樱花动漫 said today that it would be contributing to a government consultation on zero-hours contracts.
Research from 樱花动漫 released earlier this year suggested that there could be around one million workers in the UK on the contracts - a marked increase on recently revised .
While many of the recent headlines around zero-hours contracts have focused on the low paid service sector, education is the sector second most likely to employ workers on zero-hours contracts.
樱花动漫 general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'The government needs to really look at the exploitative nature of zero-hours contracts. We shall be contributing to this and making clear that employers cannot hide behind flexibility as a defence for their continued use.
'Without a guaranteed income, workers on zero-hours contracts are unable to make financial or employment plans on a year-to-year, or even month-to-month basis.'
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