{"id":21574,"date":"2014-10-19T19:10:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T19:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=21574"},"modified":"2014-10-19T19:10:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T19:10:33","slug":"zero-hour-contracts-leave-workers-hanging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/10\/19\/zero-hour-contracts-leave-workers-hanging\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero hour contracts don&#8217;t pay the bills?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Young people on zero hour contracts are having to look for additional work in order to keep up with the cost of living, according to recent research.<\/p>\n<p>A study from the Resolution Foundation has found that half of zero hour workers are under the age of 30, only 18% of which are students working around their studies.<\/p>\n<p>Zero hour contracts are employment contracts with no guaranteed working hours. They are said to offer flexibility, but for many young people they offer uncertainty and worry.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Gardiner, the Senior Research and Policy Analyst from the\u00a0Resolution Foundation said, \u201c23% of those on zero hour contracts are looking for a different or additional job\u201d in order to survive, as the cost of living rises.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/104339.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21744\" alt=\"signing on the dotted line does not always guarantee work. [Photography: Mike Hulme]\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/104339.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/104339.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/104339-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21744\" alt=\"signing on the dotted line does not always guarantee work. [Photography: Mike Hulme]\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/104339.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/104339.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/104339-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> signing on the dotted line does not always guarantee work. [Photography: Mike Hulme]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But there is also an issue with employers offering low hour contracts with the promise of more hours.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe Devereux, 21, a Cardiff sales assistant said, \u201cI left a 20-hour contract for a 4-hour contract with the promise of additional hours but they aren&#8217;t always available, which is worrying when it pays my bills.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are zero hour contracts leaving citizens with empty pockets?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":21744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[150,3725,1936,3726,3727,2285,3728,3729,2287,3730,3731,3732,3733,3734,3735,3736],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-21574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-business","tag-contracts","tag-economy","tag-employees","tag-employers","tag-employment","tag-hours","tag-job","tag-jobs","tag-salary","tag-statistics","tag-union","tag-wages","tag-work","tag-zero","tag-zero-hours"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zero hour contracts don&#039;t pay the bills? 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