Hundreds of thousands of UK workers are trapped in jobs so insecure they’re unable to plan childcare or budget for their weekly shop – they are on Zero Hours contracts (ZHC).
AT CCCG the majority of Hourly Paid staff, be they Lecturers, LSA’s or Business Support staff are on ZHCs. These allow employers to cut costs by hiring staff with no guarantee of work, hours or pay. Zero hours employers are not obliged to provide employees with redundancy pay, holiday pay, sick pay, or a pension scheme.
Employers who use ZHCs claim they offer flexibility and choice. The reality is that there is no choice for these workers. For many people a zero-hours job is their only choice for work, despite how hard it is to make end meet on a zero-hours contract. From shift patterns that change every week to hours cut at the last minute, planning your life on a ZHC is often a nightmare. There is no job security, so employees cannot get mortgages or loans. Work can be cancelled after you have turned up to work. Irregular hours mean that some weeks you might earn nothing.
That’s why UCU and the TUC is calling for an outright ban on zero-hours contracts. They are seen more widely by society as a very poor and unequal contract. An educational establishment that attempts to buck this trend, especially one like CCCG which promotes itself as a progressive employer, that has the best working conditions and is a workplace that staff are happy to belong to, does not fit well.
We call upon CCCG to:
1. END the widespread use of Zero Hours contracts
2. END no guaranteed minimum hours
3. END hours being offered only at the beginning of each term
We would like to see:
1. For ALL hourly paid staff timetabled for at least one whole term, a contract of employment offering the same terms and conditions of service, including benefits to hourly paid workers as are offered to permanent employees.
2. Cumulative incremental pay progression applied in the same way as for comparable permanent employees (as recommended in the Joint Agreement between AoC & UCU on the employment of part-time employees – section 2.2).
3. HPS to be put onto a variable contract with a minimum ‘ceiling’ hours.
We believe this would have a significant, positive impact on the organisation’s ability to appoint and retain skilled and experienced staff, who are more committed and motivated due to improved job security.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
January 31, 2022
51 Comments
This is a disgusting practice in a country that claims itself to be civilised. No-one should be employed under such a contract. Please note that this is how our cleaners (now contracted out) and security staff are employed. Educational institutions should be setting an example of good employment practice not be condoning this kind of thing.
We need to end zero hour contracts for good. I've been on one for 9 years and no sign of a permanent contract being offered!
ZHC are a source of anxiety for those subjected to them. It cannot be prudent for quality teaching to keep employees in such a financially insecure state - ZHC are inherently a cheap and disrespectful business model - I say they should be banned.
I was a HPL, and the absolute lack of care and consideration from many managers, as you were expected to plan, practice, assess, review and amend just like a contracted member of staff, is utterly unjust. Not to mention being inspected (or observed) just like a contracted member of staff.
As an HPL on a zero hour contract, I am embarrassed to be working for an organisation that doesn't value it's staff. It's demoralizing as I can't even get a loan because I don't have a job security or guaranteed hours.
Please also work to increase the hourly pay rate (especially for those on CCCG contracts). The current rate provides very poor remuneration given the workload and quality expectations placed on teachers by the college and amounts to exploitation.
Can we not be fair and just. People have kids bills other outgoings to pay
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Hundreds of thousands of UK workers are trapped in jobs so insecure they’re unable to plan childcare or budget for their weekly shop – they are on Zero Hours contracts (ZHC).
AT CCCG the majority of Hourly Paid staff, be they Lecturers, LSA’s or Business Support staff are on ZHCs. These allow employers to cut costs by hiring staff with no guarantee of work, hours or pay. Zero hours employers are not obliged to provide employees with redundancy pay, holiday pay, sick pay, or a pension scheme.
Employers who use ZHCs claim they offer flexibility and choice. The reality is that there is no choice for these workers. For many people a zero-hours job is their only choice for work, despite how hard it is to make end meet on a zero-hours contract. From shift patterns that change every week to hours cut at the last minute, planning your life on a ZHC is often a nightmare. There is no job security, so employees cannot get mortgages or loans. Work can be cancelled after you have turned up to work. Irregular hours mean that some weeks you might earn nothing.
That’s why UCU and the TUC is calling for an outright ban on zero-hours contracts. They are seen more widely by society as a very poor and unequal contract. An educational establishment that attempts to buck this trend, especially one like CCCG which promotes itself as a progressive employer, that has the best working conditions and is a workplace that staff are happy to belong to, does not fit well.
We call upon CCCG to:
1. END the widespread use of Zero Hours contracts
2. END no guaranteed minimum hours
3. END hours being offered only at the beginning of each term
We would like to see:
1. For ALL hourly paid staff timetabled for at least one whole term, a contract of employment offering the same terms and conditions of service, including benefits to hourly paid workers as are offered to permanent employees.
2. Cumulative incremental pay progression applied in the same way as for comparable permanent employees (as recommended in the Joint Agreement between AoC & UCU on the employment of part-time employees – section 2.2).
3. HPS to be put onto a variable contract with a minimum ‘ceiling’ hours.
We believe this would have a significant, positive impact on the organisation’s ability to appoint and retain skilled and experienced staff, who are more committed and motivated due to improved job security.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
January 31, 2022
51 Comments
Zero-hour contracts are brutal. I have been surviving on my November wages, as only worked 2 weeks in December, and I didn't get the £700, as I just started in November . I work hard, yet, it doesn't reflect on my life-style, as I'm constantly saving. I am a passionate over- qualified teacher, this is not the treatment I deserve. I deserve stability, holiday pay, maternity leave and all that!
This is a disgusting practice in a country that claims itself to be civilised. No-one should be employed under such a contract. Please note that this is how our cleaners (now contracted out) and security staff are employed. Educational institutions should be setting an example of good employment practice not be condoning this kind of thing.
We need to end zero hour contracts for good. I've been on one for 9 years and no sign of a permanent contract being offered!
ZHC are a source of anxiety for those subjected to them. It cannot be prudent for quality teaching to keep employees in such a financially insecure state - ZHC are inherently a cheap and disrespectful business model - I say they should be banned.
I was a HPL, and the absolute lack of care and consideration from many managers, as you were expected to plan, practice, assess, review and amend just like a contracted member of staff, is utterly unjust. Not to mention being inspected (or observed) just like a contracted member of staff.
As an HPL on a zero hour contract, I am embarrassed to be working for an organisation that doesn't value it's staff. It's demoralizing as I can't even get a loan because I don't have a job security or guaranteed hours.
Please also work to increase the hourly pay rate (especially for those on CCCG contracts). The current rate provides very poor remuneration given the workload and quality expectations placed on teachers by the college and amounts to exploitation.
Can we not be fair and just. People have kids bills other outgoings to pay
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Zero-hour contracts are brutal. I have been surviving on my November wages, as only worked 2 weeks in December, and I didn't get the £700, as I just started in November . I work hard, yet, it doesn't reflect on my life-style, as I'm constantly saving. I am a passionate over- qualified teacher, this is not the treatment I deserve. I deserve stability, holiday pay, maternity leave and all that!