Zero Hour Contracts, good or bad?

The UK Labour Party has launched an attack on the increasingly common practice of employing workers without guaranteed hours or pay. Is workplace flexibility an excuse for exploitation?

Read more about the situation here:
Employers under fire over zero-hour contracts

An account of one person working on a zero hour contract:
This is what working on a zero hour contract looks like

A different opinion:
Why the fuss about zero hour contracts?

BBC Three's Free Speech programme recently debated the idea of zero hour contracts, view the programme here:
BBC Three Free Speech - Zero hour debate: (02:50 - 15:50) available until Wed 16th October 2013

The Labour party are expected to put forward plans to outlaw the exploitative use of zero hour contracts:
Ed Milliband's pledge to crackdown on zero hour contracts

QUESTIONS:

• If you were offered a zero hours contract, would you accept?  Why?
• Do you expect your experience of working life to be different to that of your parents' generation?  If so, how?

TASK:

Write a blog post about zero hours contracts from the perspective of either a worker or a boss.