That said, this is not just a question of an undergraduate taking a couple of hours’ break from their essay on Hamlet to pull pints down the local pub. While 10% of workers overall say they would like to work longer hours, the figure rises to 37% for those on ZHCs.
TUC research has shown that average weekly earnings for zero-hours workers are £188 compared to £479 for permanent staff, and that two-fifths earn less than the £111 a week needed to qualify for statutory sick pay. This is not “flexibility”: it is exploitation. And it is on the increase.
- A zero-hours contract is not ‘flexibility’ but exploitation – and it’s rising, March 9, 2016.
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Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.
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