Potential Case McDonald’s UK 82,800 (90%) of contracts are zero hour – contracts Most consensual zero-hour contracts in the UK are lawful domestic law unless they violate extreme doctrines of illegality, the commission of a legal wrong, or violation of public policy. EPSU, EFFAT, SEIU, and War on Want, Unhappy Meal - billion in Tax €1 Avoidance on the Menu at McDonald’s, Brussels, 24 February 2015. John Hall, Won’t be Lovin’ It: McDonald’s admits 90% of “They Employees are on Zero Hours Contracts without Guaranteed Work or a Stable Income”, 6 August 2013, The Independent, Norman Pickavance, Zeroed Out: The place of Zero-hours Contracts in a Fair and Productive Economy. Potential Issue: Link with receiving unemployment benefits: possible penalties to jobseeker’s allowance or equivalent scheme in the event of refusal to accept a contract Abi Adams et. al, The Contract’: Regulating Casual Work, Or ‘Zero-Hours Legitimating Precarity?, Labour Law Research, Working Paper Draft, Summer 2014. Potential Case Study: demonstrating that zero-hour contracts can equally be combined with excessive hours ie. the of both worlds” case study of private security “worst – sector GMB@Work, Abuse of Zero Hours on Security Contracts”, “End
Potential Case McDonald’s UK – 82,800 (90%) of contracts are zero hour contracts Most consensual zero-hour contracts in the UK are lawful domestic law unless they violate extreme doctrines of illegality, the commission of a legal wrong, or violation of public policy. EPSU, EFFAT, SEIU, and War on Want, Unhappy Meal - €1 billion in Tax Avoidance on the Menu at McDonald’s, Brussels, 24 February 2015. John Hall, “They Won’t be Lovin’ It: McDonald’s admits 90% of Employees are on Zero Hours Contracts without Guaranteed Work or a Stable Income”, The Independent, 6 August 2013, Norman Pickavance, Zeroed Out: The place of Zero-hours Contracts in a Fair and Productive Economy. Potential Issue: Link with receiving unemployment benefits: possible penalties to jobseeker’s allowance or equivalent scheme in the event of refusal to accept a contract Abi Adams et. al, The ‘Zero-Hours Contract’: Regulating Casual Work, Or Legitimating Precarity?, Labour Law Research, Working Paper Draft, Summer 2014. Potential Case Study: demonstrating that zero-hour contracts can equally be combined with excessive hours ie. the “worst of both worlds” – case study of private security sector GMB@Work, “End Abuse of Zero Hours on Security Contracts”,