Wen<p>Just in case anyone thought it was 'just' those nasty commercial employers (well, some of them at least) exploiting zero hour contracts to screwq their staff. </p><p>Oxford has no shame - well it probably never has had any... Probably a scheme promoted by some PPE nobhead and will undoubtedley be supported by other PPE nobheads in government.</p><p>Grateful not to be in academia any more.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/08/ive-lost-my-work-and-been-ostracised-oxford-university-accused-of-failing-to-act-after-ruling-on-sham-contracts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2025</span><span class="invisible">/mar/08/ive-lost-my-work-and-been-ostracised-oxford-university-accused-of-failing-to-act-after-ruling-on-sham-contracts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ShamEmployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShamEmployment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ZeroHours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHours</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dienfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dienfranchisement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDA</span></a></p>