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    zero hours

    Apparently zero hours "jobs" for permies are on the rise. How can IR35 define mutual obligation as a test of employment if "employees" have no guarantee of any work ?

    #2
    Yup.

    It's a neat trick.

    They don't have to give you any hours (or money), but you have to be available at a moment's notice.

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      #3
      Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
      Yup.

      It's a neat trick.

      They don't have to give you any hours (or money), but you have to be available at a moment's notice.

      Wasn't that called slavery?
      Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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        #4
        Originally posted by alreadypacked View Post
        Wasn't that called slavery?
        Nah.

        You're free enough to starve.

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          #5
          Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
          Nah.

          You're free enough to starve.
          So slavery terms and conditions were better?
          Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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            #6
            Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
            Yup.

            It's a neat trick.

            They don't have to give you any hours (or money), but you have to be available at a moment's notice.
            Links?
            What happens in General, stays in General.
            You know what they say about assumptions!

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              #7
              Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
              Links?
              Google is your friend.
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #8
                Originally posted by alreadypacked View Post
                So slavery terms and conditions were better?
                In a way.

                Depends on your owner of course.

                But it was noted that mine owners were more concerned about pit ponies (property) than miners (not property).

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                  #9
                  Nice


                  BBC News - Do zero hours contracts create real jobs?

                  seems its manufacturing and fast food.

                  shafting the poor
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by vetran View Post
                    shafting the poor
                    Yup.

                    It was ever thus.

                    It's a looooooong time since "You've never had it so good".

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