More than 300 employees on zero-hours employment contract at the British sports outlet Sports Direct are ready to go to court against the retail group for non-payment of bonuses received by other employees in the group. If no agreement is forthcoming between the two parties then it will be up to the judges to decide the case, which could give the company an horrific wake-up call that should lead management to revise its employment policy away from these controversial contracts that guarantee neither salary levels nor hours of work.
Lawyers from Leigh Day, acting on behalf of approximately 30 employees each having worked on zero-hours contracts for a minimum of 5 consecutive years at Sports Direct, sent a claims letter to the company, revealed the leftwing Guardian daily. The claimants estimates that the retail group owes them over 1 million GBP (1.33 million euros). 268 similar letters from zero hour’s employees (past and present) are expected to be in the post over the next six months. Individual claims vary between 36,0
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