Member

I recognise that the Government’s intention to provide guaranteed hours to workers who have met certain thresholds of hours worked is a well-meaning attempt to improve job security. However, the evidence suggests that students do not require or desire such guarantees. For students, flexibility is not a weakness, it is a strength. They value the ability to work when it fits around their academic commitments and personal lives, not the rigidity of guaranteed hours. Introducing guaranteed hours will strip students of the flexibility they need to thrive in both their work and their studies.