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Agreed. As I've already mentioned I've been made redundant a number of times. Two of them, while awful, I understood. The companies needed to make savings due to lack of growth and both times, being in the higher pay brackets, put me at risk. In both I was well over the 2 year period. The last...

Generally when you're sacked you get nothing .... that's the point ! BUT I was made redundant and yes, paid my notice. That's my point, I signed a contract that allowed for my employer to get rid of me with a months notice ( 1 weeks notice during the first 6 months ). People on zero hours...

Probably exactly the same the three times I've gone in to work and have been told my services are no longer required so cheerio. Not nice but it can happen in any job.

And my step daughter. Works in a pub and she gets loads of shifts when they are busy and less when they are not. Even allows her to turn down shifts as there's no contract and it fits around her A levels and BTECs.

Maybe they could redeploy staff during quiet periods to check the vehicle tracker application to ensure nobody rings someone who is driving ?

The alternative is that the employer takes on less people on a full time contract and then makes redundancies during lean periods. A full time contract doesn't protect you from redundancy.

You know how easy it is to get rid of employees even when they're on a full time contract don't you ?