they're giving me too many hours over christmas...

From 16-19(now) I did/do 60-80 hours a week over the holidays. You just get on with it

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Tell them to sod off. Your school work is more important than some **** job.



You want a medal? She is under no obligation to work all those hours at all.

haha, thank you. <3 do you have any ideas how to approach them with it ??? my manager is kind of known to have a liking for provoking people into arguments, and i really want to be able to get this sorted without having to stop myself from having an argument with him.

Well yes she is as she wanted the job, applied and got the job. Common sense dictates she will be available to work as necessary as the terms of a zero hour contact dictate. If she wanted scheduled hours then perhaps a more detailed contract I.e specific hours each week would have been more appropriate.

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You don't understand how zero hour contracts work.

Do you have exams/assignments due in after the Christmas break? If so your time is much better spent doing work for those. These things effect your long term future where as this current job is just a short term thing. I'm going to pretend I am a badass for a moment. Say which days you can/are willing to work and refuse to work the others. They will just have to lump it (be aware this may mean they don't give you work, depends how replaceable you are, plus it might make things awkward). You are under no obligation to work whenever they want you to. It would be good practice for sticking up for yourself.

http://www.acas.org.uk/zerohours

"Zero hours contracts normally mean there is no obligation for employers to offer work, or for workers to accept it."

They can't have their cake and eat it. The ability to not offer you work on regular basis and then expect you to work whenever they say. They employ you because ti is cheaper than a full time contract employee, well you are a student with other commitments other than work. If they want someone who will work whenever they want they should employ a full timer or part timer contract worker.

Plus you will only be in this position once. Do you really want to spend your entire holidays working? You will be working for most of your life. I never had a job at school which meant I could get school work done and enjoy myself at the same time. But then I am a bit of a hedonist.

'normally mean there is no obligation to work' if she doesn't then it'll be seen as she can't be bothered so why should they give her any more hours in the future?

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'normally mean there is no obligation to work' if she doesn't then it'll be seen as she can't be bothered so why should they give her any more hours in the future?

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yeah, that's the problem because i have mock exams after christmas and a load of revision to do in order to even pass those. i think i may do that - figure out which days of the ones rota'd i can work and tell them. i absolutely agree with everything you're saying, if i'm going to spend my entire christmas holidays doing work i'd rather it be school work to get me good A levels and help me get a secure future rather than earn my minimum wage i currently have little use for anyway.

Well yes she is as she wanted the job, applied and got the job. Common sense dictates she will be available to work as necessary as the terms of a zero hour contact dictate. If she wanted scheduled hours then perhaps a more detailed contract I.e specific hours each week would have been more appropriate.

Posted from TSR Mobile

Well yes she is as she wanted the job, applied and got the job. Common sense dictates she will be available to work as necessary as the terms of a zero hour contact dictate. If she wanted scheduled hours then perhaps a more detailed contract I.e specific hours each week would have been more appropriate.

Posted from TSR Mobile

Well yes she is as she wanted the job, applied and got the job. Common sense dictates she will be available to work as necessary as the terms of a zero hour contact dictate. If she wanted scheduled hours then perhaps a more detailed contract I.e specific hours each week would have been more appropriate.

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hiiiii, so i work at sportsdirect and my store didn't ask how many hours i wanted to work over christmas so now have put me on to work 9/14 days of the christmas holidays, with half of these being split shifts of over eight hours. i'm also working christmas eve, boxing day and new years day and just to make it clear i'm on a ZERO HOUR contract. i'm sixteen, in sixth form and physically cannot work that much - i have so much school work it's unbelievable, and part time work is at the bottom of my list of priorities. i also asked for a day off a month and a bit ago, and my manager said he would look into it and let me know and he hasn't messaged me since and now i've been rota'd in to work that day.
i've texted my supervisor, and she said "well it's christmas" as an excuse but i'll have to text my manager, so i texted him twice and he hasn't replied. i'm going in today and i'm going to raise the issue, any tips? what loopholes will they try to use in order to force me to work, and how do i get out of them ?? i'm aiming to come away with 6/14 days, all of single 3/4 hour shifts maximum as opposed to 9 days with three quarters of them being eight hours.