Zero-hours contracts: no security at work and no security at home | Housing Network |

[Legal Beagles]

It’s easy to understand why so many people are furious with Fergus and Judith Wilson. Britain’s largest landlords have made vast profits on the back of the urgent housing needs of others, which alone could be enough to raise eyebrows. But they also have the habit of saying controversial and inflammatory things. First they announced […]

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[Kati]

Re: Zero-hours contracts: no security at work and no security at home | Housing Netwo

As one landlord puts it: “The zero-hours employee may be the victim but that is no reason to inflict the resultant misfortune on the landlord.”

Another, more sympathetic, individual admits: “I don’t have spare pots of money to subsidise a tenant just because they couldn’t work enough hours. These zero-hours contracts are a disgrace and should be banned immediately.”

I agree with the second comment ... zero-hours contracts aren't helping anybody