llap Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 If it had been government, we'd still be waiting for it to be built and it'd cost ten times as much. John, a lot is being said about zero hour contracts with this company in the UK. Are zero hour contracts allowed here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 If it had been government, we'd still be waiting for it to be built and it'd cost ten times as much. John, a lot is being said about zero hour contracts with this company in the UK. Are zero hour contracts allowed here? I'm not aware of any restriction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 There are very few zero hour contracts in operation here. And SD certainly won't be able to run an operation here with a high proportion of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Good luck to them. The high street will be better because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 There are very few zero hour contracts in operation here. And SD certainly won't be able to run an operation here with a high proportion of them. The IoMG use them for example - I know they use them for seasonal jobs - http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/rise-in-number-of-isle-of-man-government-workers-on-zero-hours-contracts-1-7907100 There are some 2,507 public services workers on zero-hours contracts including health workers, education support staff, cleaners, porters, caterers and caretakers, certain emergency services personnel and some staff at Villa-Gaiety, NSC and Manx National Heritage attractions. I am not sure that that you are correct to say there are few here, where's the evidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 There are very few zero hour contracts in operation here.And SD certainly won't be able to run an operation here with a high proportion of them. Nobles is full of zero hour staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 In the private sector, which is what the context of the conversation is (i.e Sports Direct) then there are not a great deal. I know of people (including relatives) working for companies that you would expect to be the most likely users and there are very few, if any, in most of those companies. Regarding that government article - it really needs breaking down to understand the figures properly. You'd expect season workers (which take up a lot of those numbers) to be a zero hour contract surely? Also, bank staff are similar. And quite happy to be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 There are very few zero hour contracts in operation here.And SD certainly won't be able to run an operation here with a high proportion of them. Nobles is full of zero hour staff. It isn't "full" of them. There are some, of course, which makes sense. When you have general recruitment problems then it works well. For example, my mum is retired and currently has what amounts to that on Bank work for the NHS. It's quite common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 In the private sector, which is what the context of the conversation is (i.e Sports Direct) then there are not a great deal. I know of people (including relatives) working for companies that you would expect to be the most likely users and there are very few, if any, in most of those companies. Regarding that government article - it really needs breaking down to understand the figures properly. You'd expect season workers (which take up a lot of those numbers) to be a zero hour contract surely? Also, bank staff are similar. And quite happy to be so. Two of my teenage children work on "the high street" in IoM and are on zero hours contracts. I know of at least one other business that has 30+ workers on zero hours contracts in the hospitality sector (70% of headcount approx) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 There are a huge number of zero hours contracts here. I'm surprised that there is even a debate about it. It will certainly show up in diminished tax and NI receipts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-person Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 There are a huge number of zero hours contracts here. I'm surprised that there is even a debate about it. It will certainly show up in diminished tax and NI receipts. Well there's debate because it's manxforums - The IoMG wouldn't actually know how many zero hours contracts there were in the private sector, its not infomation AFAIK that they collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I could be wrong but the people who seem to be up in arms about zero hours contracts we people who don't have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llap Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 We have something closer to zero day contracts. Not much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 In the private sector, which is what the context of the conversation is (i.e Sports Direct) then there are not a great deal. I know of people (including relatives) working for companies that you would expect to be the most likely users and there are very few, if any, in most of those companies. Regarding that government article - it really needs breaking down to understand the figures properly. You'd expect season workers (which take up a lot of those numbers) to be a zero hour contract surely? Also, bank staff are similar. And quite happy to be so. Two of my teenage children work on "the high street" in IoM and are on zero hours contracts. I know of at least one other business that has 30+ workers on zero hours contracts in the hospitality sector (70% of headcount approx) Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey boy Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Ashley is clearly an awful human being, Oh I don't know, he's quite fit... Gold digging bint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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