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Require employers to offer contracts based on average hours worked

Submitted by William Huxtable on Saturday 15th April 2023

Published on Tuesday 18th April 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 18th October 2023

Signatures: 15

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Require employers to offer contracts based on average hours worked

Petition Details

Employees on permanent contracts should be offered a permanent increase of their contractual hours if they are consistently working overtime. Employers should be required to offer a contract reflecting the average hours worked over a 6-month period. Workers should be free not to accept this.

Additional Information

Many companies will only give out contracts for a low number of weekly hours, whilst expecting people to work significantly more hours as overtime. Employers are benefitting from the goodwill of workers but are failing to provide the security that increased contractual hours would bring. Many employees are afraid to confront workplace issues, such as discrimination, due to fear of having their hours cut. Workers should be able to choose between the flexibility of lower hours or the structure of increased hours.


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