United Kingdom -McDonalds largest zero-hours employer -September 03, 2015

McDonald’s has admitted 90% of its employees in the UK are on zero-hours contracts. The admission indicates the fast-food chain (92,000 workers) is potentially the largest zero-hours employer in the private sector, with 82,800 contracted staff not guaranteed work or a stable income. The controversial practice requires employees to be available for work when it is required but, as they are contracted for zero hours a week, employers are under no obligation to use them or pay them a set wage.

English: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/they-wont-be-lovin-it …

For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.

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