Question about working more than contracted hours for a long period of time.

glentoran99

Lily-Rose wrote: »

Thank you ... So the upshot is then, that no matter how long she has been doing 24 hours a week; if her contract is 16, they are quite entitled to drop it back down to 16?

Yes, Unfortunately that's why zero hour contracts are so popular, it gives employers flexibility to change hours as they wish

System

My contract is 16 hours, for most weeks over the last 4 years ive done over that but AFAIK my contract is still 16 and they are not obliged to give me more than that. As others have said if it was true those on zero hour contracts would get more hours but it doesn't work that way.

Marvel1

Lily-Rose wrote: »

I know I already have a thread on this, and I did acknowledge that fact in the OP here.

But I got very little response. That is why I have put it here.

One person saying 'it's not true' without any links/evidence isn't really enough. Do you have any 'proof' or is it just your opinion? How do you know ???

Thanks anyway, but I am hoping someone may have more firm, concrete answers.... (as I said, with some proof/evidence etc.)

I don't know the answer but as the someone said what started the thread then can't you ask them for their concrete proof?

gettingtheresometime

Obviously hindsight is a wonderful thing but it would have been worth your friend asking for her contract to be amended to reflect her increase in hours when it became obvious that the extra hours were a regular thing.

One way of looking at the situation is that if for whatever reason your friend only wanted to work 16 hours one week, they couldn't have forced her to work more.

Guest101

A company can always cut back on hours where there is a business need.

Guest101

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

My contract is 16 hours, for most weeks over the last 4 years ive done over that but AFAIK my contract is still 16 and they are not obliged to give me more than that. As others have said if it was true those on zero hour contracts would get more hours but it doesn't work that way.

And you only get holiday paid as per your contract, whereas zero hours get it paid as per working conditions.

annandale

I dont think this issue has much to do with zero hours contracts. Ive known people on zero hours contracts to get months of work at a time, the difference is that you aren't guaranteed hours with a zero hours contract and you dont have to accept them if offered.

It will also depend on the employer re zero hours. One employer I work for if you get a shift that's it, you wont lose it, another takes shifts off people at very short notice, it very much depends on the employer and the way they work in practice.