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How many chinese companies actually abide by these rules though - and more importantly how many chinese workers are aware/able to challenge breaches of the regulations if they occur.
Particularly factoring in the size of the population, it seems a very grey area to gain accurate statistics from I would expect.
Or maybe China has suddenly become fair n' just  |
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I responded in the other thread but just saw it here too...
Does it really surprise you that a communist country has stronger worker protection than a capitalist democracy? By the very foundations of the political ideals you'd expect China to be better than the UK.
Take a look at the US to see really poor employee rights! The UK would be heading that way if it weren't for the EU... ____________________ current: ducati monster 750
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| fatpies wrote: | 0h contracts are used to skirt around rights for employees? |
0 hour contracts give workers more flexibility and more people jobs.
I put my guys on 4 hour contracts, yet they both do 35 to 40 hours per week, nearly every week.
Low hour contract does not mean shit hours, however, they get the benefit of being able to take additional time off.
Want to go home early for Gran's birthday, when your hours will end up on 34 of a 40 hour contract, TOUGH, stay an extra 6 hours, want to do it on a low hour contract then it's fine.
Works both ways, hours can be varied to suit the business, they can take off much more time if they request it.
When managed properly, low hour contracts are very useful for employees.
Alternatively, I am contracted to 45 hours per week, and can often spend time sat around doing fuck all, or coming in early just to kill off contracted hours. |
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| PhilDawson8270 wrote: |
0 hour contracts give workers more flexibility and more people jobs.
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Are you stupid?
Every time I hear someone claim they're "creating a job" when they hire someone I cringe. You're not creating the job. I create that job when I buy the good or service you offer. That's the only reason why you can even "create" that job. Because someone else is buying what you can offer due to this job existing. And that's also why it's not the employer but the consumer who needs the money if you want to create jobs.
Take the average plumber. Or hairdresser. Or caretaker. Or, hell, anyone providing a service.
That plumber will employ someone if, and only if, there is a reason for him to do that. Because if there is no reason, he's better off without that person. Why? Because he costs money. Well, of course if there are more people wanting to use his services than he can fulfill himself. Then, and only then, he will be forced to hire someone.
As you can see, "creating" jobs isn't something employers do out of altruistic motivations. It's something that only happens if they're forced to do it. Forced by the very person that wants to use that service provided.
And that in turn will happen if, and only if, that person not only needs that service but also is able to afford that service. And services is the FIRST thing people cut back on when money gets tight. When facing the choice to get some food or get the plumbing fixed because there is only money for one of them, the taps will keep dripping because I simply HAVE to eat. I don't have to have a non-dripping tap.
So if you want someone to create a job, make sure people have money to consume. Because that's how you create jobs!
Guess what?
Zero hours contracts reduce the amount of money people have to consume, as the risks are transferred from the employer onto the worker (a deliberate semantic play on words which means they have no rights rationally they will cut back in case there is no future work. Even animals like squirrels know to stash some food away.
Take for example my own, this week was awful £52, next week will be £52, does my spending stay the same? absolutely not I cut spending to absolutely nothing. Even when I have a bonza week maybe £1000 in a week. My spending remains at absolutely nothing beyond the essential. Because I don't know where the next pay cheque is coming from. ____________________ "It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one"
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| fatpies wrote: | | PhilDawson8270 wrote: |
0 hour contracts give workers more flexibility and more people jobs.
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Are you stupid?
Every time I hear someone claim they're "creating a job" when they hire someone I cringe. You're not creating the job. I create that job when I buy the good or service you offer. That's the only reason why you can even "create" that job. Because someone else is buying what you can offer due to this job existing. And that's also why it's not the employer but the consumer who needs the money if you want to create jobs.
Take the average plumber. Or hairdresser. Or caretaker. Or, hell, anyone providing a service.
That plumber will employ someone if, and only if, there is a reason for him to do that. Because if there is no reason, he's better off without that person. Why? Because he costs money. Well, of course if there are more people wanting to use his services than he can fulfill himself. Then, and only then, he will be forced to hire someone.
As you can see, "creating" jobs isn't something employers do out of altruistic motivations. It's something that only happens if they're forced to do it. Forced by the very person that wants to use that service provided.
And that in turn will happen if, and only if, that person not only needs that service but also is able to afford that service. And services is the FIRST thing people cut back on when money gets tight. When facing the choice to get some food or get the plumbing fixed because there is only money for one of them, the taps will keep dripping because I simply HAVE to eat. I don't have to have a non-dripping tap.
So if you want someone to create a job, make sure people have money to consume. Because that's how you create jobs!
Guess what?
Zero hours contracts reduce the amount of money people have to consume, as the risks are transferred from the employer onto the worker (a deliberate semantic play on words which means they have no rights rationally they will cut back in case there is no future work. Even animals like squirrels know to stash some food away.
Take for example my own, this week was awful £52, next week will be £52, does my spending stay the same? absolutely not I cut spending to absolutely nothing. Even when I have a bonza week maybe £1000 in a week. My spending remains at absolutely nothing beyond the essential. Because I don't know where the next pay cheque is coming from. |
You took 1 sentence from a post and removed ALL context from it.
I am not disputing that they can and do get abused, but managed well, they can offer more opportunity.
Take the service industry for example, such as restaurants etc. A business won't survive paying waiting staff on 40 hour salaried contracts regardless of business levels, if they had to do this, then there would be a few staff, that would then do a lot of overtime when the business requires.
With people on 0 hour contracts, they may do 10 to 16 hours per week, but then during busy periods, instead of full time employees doing paid overtime, this overtime is done by other staff, that are able to earn that cash, and still have a steady income when the business is quiet.
Without these low hour contracts, the business could survive, but I would say half of the staff would lose their job, and those that are lucky enough to keep them, would get even more money.
How is that scenario fair?
Low hour contracts should not be used to abuse workers as casual workers, but when used correctly, it allows companies to avoid redundancies, allow employees flexibility in their working hours, and allow businesses flexibility to meet the business needs.
They all depend entirely on how they are managed. |
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All countries work the same way. Essentially China is a farm, the leaders are the farmers which exploit their animals for wool, milk and meat. They use the banking system to take this wool, milk and meat via stealth.
This is exactly the same way Britain operates, a competing farm.
The only difference is the control mechanisms which are utilised to maintain control. Violence is the primary control tactic of ALL societies. In China it is merely more overt, with Cheguan (internal security) giving out beatings and killings. Except UK protests are going all crack skulls and being violently put down, but we don't have to use this often because we have people like Cansa:
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=289221&highlight=
Who believe voting (an activism sponge which does nothing) will actually change something. ____________________ "It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one" |
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| PhilDawson8270 wrote: | With people on 0 hour contracts, they may do 10 to 16 hours per week, but then during busy periods, instead of full time employees doing paid overtime, this overtime is done by other staff, that are able to earn that cash, and still have a steady income when the business is quiet. |
Or they may well do 0 hours per week and then during busy periods be called in.
| PhilDawson8270 wrote: | Low hour contracts should not be used to abuse workers as casual workers, but when used correctly, it allows companies to avoid redundancies, allow employees flexibility in their working hours, and allow businesses flexibility to meet the business needs.
They all depend entirely on how they are managed. |
That is just playing with semantics.
Consider the end result instead:
Redundancy = no work.
zero hours = no work. ____________________ "It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one" |
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| fatpies wrote: | All countries work the same way. Essentially China is a farm, the leaders are the farmers which exploit their animals for wool, milk and meat. They use the banking system to take this wool, milk and meat via stealth.
This is exactly the same way Britain operates, a competing farm.
The only difference is the control mechanisms which are utilised to maintain control. Violence is the primary control tactic of ALL societies. In China it is merely more overt, with Cheguan (internal security) giving out beatings and killings. Except UK protests are going all crack skulls and being violently put down, but we don't have to use this often because we have people like Cansa:
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=289221&highlight=
Who believe voting (an activism sponge which does nothing) will actually change something. |
As much as you think is wrong with the current state of governance, where do you think we'd be without it? Do you think that without sharing effort and having leadership we'd be able to have this conversation over the internet?
All of modern life is a product of the societal structures around us. We live in an age that is better in almost every way than what has gone before (although we're having a slight dip in the past 30-50years). Whining about how "it's all wrong" is worthless when you could be exploiting the system... ____________________ current: ducati monster 750
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 12 years, 193 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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