A new regulation states that British jobseekers have to accept the highly controversial zero-hours contract – which doesn’t guarantee minimum hours or pay. Unions denounce yet another step in the banishment of jobseekers who, for a few weeks, are sometimes also compelled to accept community service if they don’t want to lose their benefits.
The noose is tightening around British jobseekers who, by virtue of a new regulation, are now compelled to accept zero-hours contracts if they are offered one, at the risk of losing their return-to-work payments for 3 months. So far, they could refuse a job offered by their JobCentre if minimum wage wasn’t guaranteed, which is the case of the controversial zero-hours contracts, which guarantee no working time and no income. However, Employment Minister Esther McVey changed this, revealing in
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