Unfortunately, Sports Direct hit the headlines for the wrong reasons but their underlying aims may not be so different to many organisations in the private and public sectors. Managers at Sports Direct went about it in the wrong way. Statistics from ONS indicate that employment on zero hours contracts has risen by 21% year on […]
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Sports Direct – the Dilemma of Organisational Flexibility
[Text amended August 2018] Many organisations need flexibility in staffing to accommodate seasonal and other variations in workload, product launches, staff holidays and illness etc. To meet such needs, senior managers should be able to introduce a range of contracts such as variable hours, zero hours, temporary and/or fixed term contracts and/or use agency workers. […]