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It has replaced agency work. Companies that used to use agencies now employ their own 'temporary' staff. But looking at just the numbers yes it has. So where do we start to reduce it if those whi say it shouldn't be used take advantage themselves?

Read my replies then. Do you think the council is the only one with these pressures? But it seems it is OK to have a pop at anyone that uses zero hour contracts.....as long as it isn't a Labour run council. Yes it shouldn't be done by companies making a fortune. But most companies don't.

Sell before 5 years and they become taxable. Sell before 3 years and you lose your free shares.

Labour has been saying stop zero hour contracts. Labour councils still gives out zero hour contracts. Budgeting pressures? So any company with budgeting pressures don't have to end zero hour contracts? Or is it just Labour councils?

I know. You know. But not everyone has the same view.

But many will moan about it. I am in a company share scheme at work. We get free shares as part of the scheme. The money we put in is before tax. Yes before tax. Ban it now. Tax dodgers.

Of course you won't see the hypocrisy. It is the Labour party. Hypocrisy means a debate is lost? Will remind you the next time you use the word. So to explain it to you as you seem to be having a problem. Corbyn says end zero hour contracts. It is something he says he will push. The Tories...

Bliar supporters? Is anyone that thick?

It isn't absolute bollocks. It is highlighting the calibre of those coming through.

Certainly becoming a liability. It is times like this when you find out if a dog with a red lead would get voted in to some seats. It has been a Labour seat since it started in the 50's.

Not as much as when I was a teen or in my 20's. The only work you could get was agency work. I always went for whoever paid the most however shit the job was. But like I said not even any holiday pay. To have a holiday you had to nit just pay for the holiday but also save up enough to cover the...

It is needed in hospitality. It suits some people like students. But they don't suit the family person unless it is a working mother allowed to choose her hours around the children for example .

Zero hours took over from agency work. I have not always been in good employment. I used to have to work for agencies. No such thing as paid holiday or sick pay. I had to work up to and around 100 hours a week to survive. As well as that I put myself through getting qualifications which got me...

The number is coming down. It is presently 850k approx. But that is 850k too many. There is also a lot of hypocrisy on the subject Labour council employs one in ten staff on zero hours contracts despite Jeremy Corbyn's vow to ban them

Is that right? Sorry for showing you to be wrong. But will do it again.

So when did zero hour contracts start? Are they a Tory thing? Were they not counted in the past?

The links I showed are for those who ARE in employment. It isn't for those who have worked at some stage.

Some narrow minded people see it differently and don't see it this way. Are they allowed an opinion? I don't mind people having an opinion. But I prefer their opinion to be truth based.

But how many of us have glorified violence?

Is there a difference between a joke and a serious comment about glorifying violence?