Universal Credit: Zero Hours Contracts
(asked on 18th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sanctions his Department uses on universal credit claimants who refuse a zero hours contract.
This question was answered on 25th June 2014
Universal Credit means that claimants can accept any offer of work without fear of their benefits or the support they receive from the Jobcentre being negatively affected. They will always be better off in work.
All claimants are expected to accept reasonable offers of employment. If they do not then they may be referred for a sanction. This is the same for UC.