Benefits and Disadvantages of Zero Hours Contracts in a Restaurant

This report examines various employment contracts, specifically focusing on zero-hours, part-time, and term-time contracts within the context of the Fountain Brasserie restaurant. The introduction defines employment contracts and their role in outlining rights and responsibilities. The report then delves into zero-hours contracts, exploring their benefits (flexibility for employees and employers) and disadvantages (salary unpredictability and potential for misuse). It also discusses part-time contracts, highlighting the advantages of flexibility for employees and lower employment costs for employers, alongside drawbacks such as limited benefits and potential for high administrative costs. Finally, the report covers term-time contracts, emphasizing their benefits (future opportunities for employees and cost-effectiveness for employers) and disadvantages (job insecurity and potential for isolation). The conclusion emphasizes the importance of employment law in organizations and the role of contracts in defining company policies and employee guidelines.

The benefits and
disadvantages of
zero hours
contracts in
Fountain Brasserie
restaurant in
RAC

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Use of typical employment contracts..............................................................................................3
Zero hours contract......................................................................................................................3
Part time contract.........................................................................................................................5
Term time contract.......................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
An employment contract is considered as the type of contract which is used under the labour
law in order to describe the attributes rights and responsibilities among both the parties including
employees and employees. It is termed as the contract of service which describe various
guidelines and policies of company which they provide to their employees. This contract is for
the supply of service and also expressing altered implies the classification line among an
individual who is employed and another one who is self employed (Freedland and et. al., 2016).
It is the written agreement which define the rights of employees including minimum wages,
working hours, holiday pay, sick leave and many more by witnessing with trade union. Moreover
employment contract is described as a signed contract among the individual employee and the
employer in front of labour Union. Moreover it describes both the rights and responsibilities of
both the parties and also reviews the information which is signed in the contract. To carry
forward this report “The Fountain Brasserie Restaurant” is considered which describe the
employment laws which are used by the restaurant.
Use of typical employment contracts
Zero hours contract
It is a contract which describe that employer is not obligated in order to allot work to
employees with minimum number of hours and it is also termed as casual contract. This contract
is not set under the legal terms and also not acceptable at the universal level. It defines the casual
working arrangement and also majorly followed in decentralized and large organisation in which
working arts are not guaranteed. Under the Zero Hours contract the employees of Fountain
Brasserie Restaurantdoes not usually accept the offered work and cannot work under more than
one employer. Along with this employees are also entitled to have annual leave National living
and minimum wage (Blyton and Morris, 2017). Therefore Zero Hours contract is good for
employees as if employees work for the long period of time in the organisation then they are
entitled to have full employee status and also liable for the employment rights. Moreover by
concerning Zero Hours contract there is a new proposal which recommend that company of
increase rights including the request of contract guarantee of hours after 12 months for the
increment of minimum wages and easier access to the sick pay.
 Employees

Benefits: This contact is beneficial for the employees of Fountain Brasserie Restaurant as it
provide flexibility to the staff members during certain seasons by covering various events.
Moreover it also leads to develop growth and enhancement of employees regarding their
knowledge about their working guidelines and policies and experimenting in the new market
area (Freedland, 2016). Moreover the Zero Hours contract is quite simple and affordable as it
describes that if the employees does not work ok then the employer does not pay and both carry
more state forward financial relations and does not entitled for the additional rights including
Maternity pay minimum notice period and redundancy payment.
Disadvantages: For this contract it has prominent demerit for the workers as they have
unpredictable salary and payment which gets fluctuate at any time. Because of this employees
does not plan for any financial investment and it leads to create the statement of permanent
uncertainty among their life. Moreover by concerning the Zero Hours contract it leads to
misbalance the personal and professional life of employees and also develop stress and tension
among them regarding their work and career development.
 Employers
Benefits: the Zero Hours contract is beneficial for the employees in terms of developing and
enhancing the quality of work productivity and retention of employees. As this contract offer
flexible working patterns that has positive impact on the productivity and staff retention. In this
context company leads to offer flexible working hours on the demand of employees that leads to
balance their personal and professional life (Guest, 2016). Moreover by offering flexible working
hours Fountain Brasserie Restaurant leads to achieve growth and development for themselves in
terms of survival of longer period of time within the dynamic business environment.
Disadvantages: this contract is unpredictable for employers as there is the presence of huge
risk in terms of finding best candidate for the particular task. In relation with this Fountain
Brasserie Restaurant is capable enough to give advance notice by showing their demand towards
the employees. More over bi concerning the flexibility within the working hours and work it gets
misused by various employees that can become a drawback for the company. In addition to this
by offering Zero Hours contract employees does not have more control over their employees and
because of this please employees can be acquire and retain by the competitors.

Part time contract
A part time contract is also a form of employment contract that carries fixed few hours per
week instead of full time job. Under this contract employees are assigned to work within the
specified period of time including 4 to 5 hours in a day which is mentioned under the contract.
Under the contract employees work in shift and these shifts are rotational. Under this employees
of Fountain Brasserie are considered as the part of time like commonly work fewer than 30 hours
in a week. As per the International Labour Organisation the part time workers has increased
within the error from one quarter to half in the past within the most developed countries only
excluding United States (Countouris, 2016). In addition to this there are various reasons to work
as a part time which include the Desire of employees their interest and financial condition.
Moreover under this contract the part time workers to be treated not less heavily then full time
workers.
 Employees
Benefits: Under this flexibility is considered as the prominent benefit for do part time
employees as in this employees work less than a full time worker and also have time to perform
their various activities. In addition to this the part time contract is beneficial for employees of
Fountain Brasserie as in the remaining time find another job for them and has extra income for
them. It is beneficial for those employees who work less than half a day and have the choice to
work from morning to afternoon and evening for the development of longer hours (Casebeer,
2017). Marble employee who shares his position with other individual within the same job has
also advantage to take prominent vacation and leave as on that basis other individual can do the
work.
Disadvantages: In that case part time workers usually do not get proper benefits including
the health insurance sick leave holiday pay and vacations. Moreover the part time employees
also does not get income and pay when they are not working within the organisation which
describe the detrimental at the time of uncertain illness. Along with this the part time employees
does not get quick promotion as compared to regular employees.
 Employers
Benefits: It is considered as the prominent advantage from the side of employers as the part
time workers relies under the lower employment cost and for this employer does not have to
offer insurance sick leave and vacations to them. In this context they can also request for more

hours of employees during occupied time and further more cut back on hours when the business
is slow. Therefore in that case employers do not need to worry about hiring new workers and
letting go existing employees. In relation with this the vacations for the full time worker also
recovered by the part time employee bi staggering there working hours.
Disadvantages: In terms of this the administrative cost for the part time contract is prove as
high because employers must include the procedure of paper work that offer more management
oversight instead of what one other entails. Moreover the part time contract also so does not have
experience to perform the job and does not carry security same with the full time workers carry
with them (Van Stormbroek and Blomme, 2017). Despite from this the part time employees are
more inclined to leave the organisation instead of full time employees in order to acquire further
opportunities for their future.
Term time contract
This contract is designed for the uses of organisation and employers’ who are willing to
recruit and retain the employee who is working is the part time or on the internship period.
Moreover this contract is useful for the employers who wished to retain valuable employees for
the betterment of the organisation who can maintain balance in their life for the growth and
development of business. This term time contract includes the requirement of standard form of
section within the one statement (Dawson, Veliziotis and Hopkins, 2017). This contract includes
the temporary employees considering the interns, casual staff, Outsourcing and seasonal
employment in Fountain Brasserie. Therefore, this contract describes the seasonal employment
and a contractual job in which employees are bound to work for the specific period of time
within the organisation which is mentioned under the contract. Under this contract the temporary
workers can also hired for the organisation as a full time worker for the specific situation.
Moreover the temporary workers receive prominent benefits including Health Insurance
vacations and those which are provided to the permanent employees.
 Employees
Benefits: In this context the employees has advantage in order to acquire future opportunities
after the fulfilment of contract. In this context it is beneficial for employees in order to explore
various jobs. It also provides the income stream for the real job search which continues to the job
seekers in order to provide a chance and opportunity to start their career migration with the new
field. In this context the temporary jobs leads to reduced the short-term cost on the part time

employees as to recruit term time employee is quite less expensive in order to pay wages to the
full time worker
Disadvantages: The term time jobs are defined as the short-term that has a contract period
and also termed as a seasonal employment. It has the biggest drawback as the employees of
Fountain Brasserie get jobless and does not get income when the contract is over and in this
relation the also start exploring themselves in order to search for the job (Hotvedt, 2018).
Moreover many of the term time employees feel isolated within the organisation and do not get
proper respect by other employees. The term time employees are hired with the difference of
agency and because of this state does not have proper benefits as the only have few benefits
including sick days and paid vacation.
 Employers
Benefits: It is beneficial for the employers as they hire employees according to their work
load and the requirement of organisation and fire them when the demand and production gets
over. It is beneficial for the perspective of employers as it does not include training cost because
the employees that are hired on the contractual basis are recruited at the lower level which does
not include additional training cost for them and for those employees’ proper specialist and
expertise is also not required to provide guidance to them (Filipova, 2016).
Disadvantages: It becomes a drawback for the company as when the contract is over then
and they may lose their human capital and most talented employees after the completion of
contract which can become loss for the company and impact on the functioning and productivity
of organisation as well.
CONCLUSION
Therefore from the preceding discussion it is determined that employment law is important
within an organisation in order to hire employees. As employment contract include various
factors including the policies Strategies and guidelines of company regarding their employees
and this policies and contract is develop under the eyes of labour and trade union parties.
Therefore employment contract clearly describe the terms and conditions of the relationship of
employment and most commonly include various factors considering the terms of employment
employee responsibilities, employee benefits, ownership agreement, termination grounds,
employment opportunities, limitations dispute resolution and Employment absence.

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