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Signing zero hour contract then backing out
edrob_2
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Daughter is at uni. As part of her course she has to work in the summer in paid employment within the relevant industry. She has been offered a job on zero hours contract. She wants it as her fall back position. In some ways its an ideal job but the terms/working hours and length of likely placement (it goes into the next academic year) make it less than ideal. The job is not to start till May but shes been sent a contract to sign now.
It seems to me that she has little to lose by signing the contract and then, if something else comes up resigning before she actually starts.
Am i missing anything here? thoughts?
It seems to me that she has little to lose by signing the contract and then, if something else comes up resigning before she actually starts.
Am i missing anything here? thoughts?
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Agree. It's zero hours, so she's under no obligation to work if and when they ask her to. Of course if right from the beginning she's turning down lots they might not be keen to offer it again.
But if she gets a role she wants in the mean time then there's certainly nothing lost.“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0 -
How big is the field? Might she want to work for the company in future?But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,Had the whole of their cash in his care.
Lewis Carroll0 -
is it a Zero hours?
The key feature is the ability to turn down any work offered.
Zero hours contracts don't need to have working hours as there are none.0 -
It is specified as zero hours in the contract but if you get a placement (the expectation is that you probably will) it is almost certainly for 6 months and you can get asked to work long hours at a basic monthly pay and be on call whenever they want you.0
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It is specified as zero hours in the contract but if you get a placement (the expectation is that you probably will) it is almost certainly for 6 months and you can get asked to work long hours at a basic monthly pay and be on call whenever they want you.
That is not a zero hours contract.0
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