5th December 2011, 02:52 PM
Does any one know what the situation is with signing on and being on a zero hours contract? I cannot imaging the benefits officers round here being very sympathetic. It's hard enough persuading them that you are still available for work when you are volunteering. I have come across cases where they are telling porky pies to claimants to keep them from claiming ( possibly an unwritten arrangement to keep people off the unemployment figures?).