Employers behaving badly

[Lollie]

My daughter left her job in October 19 to start a new job in a cafe with a promise of 35-40 hours week work*
initially she worked both jobs when she could as she had to give a months notice A few weeks into the job the hours were reduced to around 24hrs a week the boss sent them an email asking them to bear with them during a quite period then halfway through a shift boss says I haven’t got any shifters for you next week as I can’t afford to pay you she didn’t take her aside just mentioned it in passing! She then had to text the boss to find out what was happening for the following week she eventually replied she had no further shifts no notice nothing Does she have any rights ie to be given a weeks notice etc it seems she has been treated very unfairly it’s worth noting she didn’t have an actual contract signed! But was paid via bank transfer and received a payslip Also the staff worked 8 hour shifts but rarely got a break if on the odd occasion they did it was a quick 10-15 mins how can employers get away with treating their staff in this manner
*TIA**

[redstar]

She should have had a contract basic requirement stating minimum hours and terms conditions.Go from the contract.

[Lollie]

Unfortunately she wasn’t given anything Written*

[redstar]

That is a mistake they have to have contract either email etc where did they get ni details for tax and insurance ?

[redstar]

If she has bone fide payslips ni and tax but no contract then she has a case no legal contract working hours see citizen advice* and take them horrible in this day and age the only exception being they have her registered as self employed but there would empathetically be an email or written agreement.. or a zero hours contract in other words if no contract how are they register ing her payslips and are very wrong in UK you have to have contract via employment law even if abismal or agreement to self employed etc

[ULA]

There is always a contract between an employee and employer. There might not be anything in writing, and it may be what has been told to the employee* verbally by the employer but a contract still exists. This is because an individual's agreement to work for the employer and the employer’s agreement to pay for the work forms a contract. In terms of a written statement confirming all the terms under which an individual is employed this needs to be provided within 2 months of starting work.

Not sure of the timing of events but if the boss was effectively terminating your daughter's employment when she told her there were no further shifts then had your daughter worked at the café for at least one month? If so she would be entitled to one weeks statutory notice. *