UK XI: Please Sir... May I Have Some More?

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And he's out. The SNP are now officially on their mission to find their very own Sunak, expect a lot of push for an election in the coming weeks

[egparadigm]

Well that was a spectacular failure then. 😳

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Secret Thatcher-era memo undermines Sunak’s plan to scrap national insurance | National insurance | The Guardian

Trans patients to be treated in separate rooms in hospital under Tory plans | Hospitals | The Guardian

Rwandan opposition leader voices doubts Kigali will stick to UK asylum deal | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

Asylum seekers in UK should have right to work after six months, MPs say | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

https://news.sky.com/story/rwanda-flights-thousands-of-asylum-seekers-not-reporting-to-home-office-will-be-found-minister-warns-13126074

The Government has earmarked roughyl 5,000 asylum seekers to deport to Rwanda and has lost 3,000 of them

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England scraps 50% rule on faith school admissions | Faith schools | The Guardian
The Government literally can't get a single decision right, it's exhausting

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/may/01/prostate-cancer-screening-methods-trialled-in-pivotal-moment

[Protocol Penguin]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/may/01/labours-new-deal-for-workers-will-not-fully-ban-zero-hours-contracts

Labour rows back on pledging to ban zero hours contracts, the bastards.

[Asura]

Yeah; allowing people to choose them "if they want" is a waste of time. The political class don't get it; if you're on a low wage in a so-called 'unskilled' job, and your employer asks you to go on a zero-hour contract, that's tantamount to being told you're going on one. Refuse? Sack. Want another job nearby? Bad references. Want another job somewhere else? Internet, so bad references follow you. Unfair dismissal? As if you can wrangle that for a they-said-you-said technicality for a shelf-stacker at Tesco.

Pathetic.

[fishbowlhead]

Yeah; allowing people to choose them "if they want" is a waste of time. The political class don't get it; if you're on a low wage in a so-called 'unskilled' job, and your employer asks you to go on a zero-hour contract, that's tantamount to being told you're going on one. Refuse? Sack. Want another job nearby? Bad references. Want another job somewhere else? Internet, so bad references follow you. Unfair dismissal? As if you can wrangle that for a they-said-you-said technicality for a shelf-stacker at Tesco.

Pathetic.

Employers can’t give bad references, you can refuse to give one or just ignore requests, but you can’t give a bad one.

[Neon Ignition]

I might be missing something in the original proposals but if not, to play devils advocate, it seems like... the right move?

There's undoubtedly exploitation of zero hour contracts that needs to be addressed but the trouble with an outright ban of such contracts is that there are casual roles that have to be contracted on a zero hour basis so out of sheet technicality there can't be an outright ban, no?

[QualityChimp]

Employers can’t give bad references, you can refuse to give one or just ignore requests, but you can’t give a bad one.

One director left a previous company I worked for and the owner was really pissed off.
When the director asked for references, the owner wrote "adequate timekeeping."

[fishbowlhead]

Zero hour, short, part time contracts suit some people, especially if they have kids and they just want casual part time work, it can work sensibly in plenty of situations.

Of course you’re going to have inevitable abuse with large corps that are only interested in quarterly reports and shaving every visible penny.

As usual with humans there’s no easy answer and 1 size doesn’t fit all with work and hours.

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Polls open in England’s local elections with Tories braced for heavy losses | Local elections | The Guardian
Polling begins

The UK and the Tories in picture form:





John Swinney expected to announce he will run for SNP leadership and first minister | Scottish politics | The Guardian

[QualityChimp]

Love days like this were politics are getting discussed loads!

[Protocol Penguin]

Zero hour, short, part time contracts suit some people, especially if they have kids and they just want casual part time work, it can work sensibly in plenty of situations.

Of course you’re going to have inevitable abuse with large corps that are only interested in quarterly reports and shaving every visible penny.

As usual with humans there’s no easy answer and 1 size doesn’t fit all with work and hours.

Zero hours needs to be banned outright, and the laws banning them need to be watertight.

Work on zero hours and you will have no income when your employer gives you, get this, zero hours work that week. But you are still contracted to work exclusively for that company, and can’t claim unemployment benefits for that lull week/month/season because you’re technically still employed. Zero hours impoverishes and starves people. It is evil, and so is anyone defending it.

[Yakumo]

Zero hour, short, part time contracts suit some people, especially if they have kids and they just want casual part time work, it can work sensibly in plenty of situations.

Of course you’re going to have inevitable abuse with large corps that are only interested in quarterly reports and shaving every visible penny.

As usual with humans there’s no easy answer and 1 size doesn’t fit all with work and hours.

Seriously? Is that a UK law / rule?
I've given plenty of references to UK based companies who've asked negative based questions.
Giving a bad reference without due cause is outright scummy but if an employee trully was a twat even after chances of reform, it should be pointed out in the reference as it will only reflect poorly on the employer giving the reference.

EDIT: Oops, just realised I quoted the wrong post. Sorry.