Zero Hour Contract: Topical Debate and Reflection

ppd Topical Debate
and Reflection

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
Zero hours contract......................................................................................................................3
PART 2............................................................................................................................................5
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
In academics, there are ample of activities organized in order to improve competency,
skills of students. Debate is such an activity wherein two or more individual or groups
participated. There is a topic given to participants or then need to speak either in favor or against
off given topic. Before debate, it is imperative to do thorough practice so that one can perform
better during activity (Allmer, 2017). In present assignment, topic of debate is zero hour
Contract. Here, participants will present their views in favor or against of the topic. In addition to
this, it also includes skills which have been developed while preparing for debate. Moreover,
academic activities are crucial & play a significant role in growth of students.
Main Body
PART 1
Zero hours contract
It is a contract in which employer does not have the obligation to provide minimum
working hours to workers. Sometimes, it is also known as casual contracts. Here, workers are not
required to accept any working hours which are being offered by company. Under this,
employers do not offer regular work to employees but employees are required to available on
call in case, they are required for work. Here, employees can work for multiple number of
employers at same time. It is a contract in which, employees are not obliged to offer minimum
work hours to employees. From employer’s perspective, it is a way to save money as they are not
liable to pay the benefits which they offer to full time workers. Here, they can increase as well as
decrease size of workforce as per level of demand in market place. For workers, this type of
contract offers great flexibility, work-life-balance & other such benefits. In this, they are only
required to accept the amount of work which they are willing to do. In addition to this, they can
increase or reduce the working hours as per requirement (Storey, 2016). In zero hour Contract,
employees can enter in contract with multiple employers at a time which allow them to earn
significant amount of money in an efficient manner. In other words, this type of contract allows
workers to work independently. However, it is not considered as permanent source of income.

Topical Debate and
Reflection

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Debate against Zero hour contract..............................................................................................3
Reflection on the skills which have been developed during the debate .....................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Debate is about having the discussion on the topic which includes the for and against in
which the individual talks and shares the thoughts(Howell, 2020) (Lawless, 2018). The
viewpoints of the individual are shared and this can happen in the meetings, in the academic
institution and in other places. The debates have the discussions about the data, theoretically
discussing the topics and the statistics which are presented to share the topic. The debates can be
in the form on informal or in a formal way but for the students the debates are always made in
the formal way. The topic which has been taken for the debate is the “Zero hours contract” in
which the work is not given on the basis of the work hours which the individual has spent but it
is being paid on the basis of the work which has been done by the individual. It can be called as
the contract between the employer and the employee in which the employer does not provide any
guarantee on work hours guarantee they are just being provided the work. The debate will be
explained on against the topic of Zero hours contract.
MAIN BODY
Debate against Zero hour contract
Zero hour contract is that contract in which the fixation of hours is not made and the
employee gets the payment on the basis of the work done. The zero hour contract is not a legal
term and is not accepted universally and is just considered to be as the arrangement of the casual
working. The zero hour contract is beneficial for only those jobs in which the extra work needs
to be done by employing the people. But the main difficulty in zero hour contract is that as there
is no fixation of the work hour for the employees and on this basis they might be given the less
amount of salary and the work which has been made is over that cost.
The other main problem with such type of work is that it might not be possible that the
jobs for such work are vacant because the zero hour work is given when there is a peak or high
demand of products of any business(Wolfram, 2019). Also the income which is provided in the
Zero work hour is also not fixed because it can vary on an everyday basis and the salary which
the person is receiving is also not permanent. The employees who are on the regular basis gets
the extra benefit which includes the extra sick leave, such other benefits which the part time