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| 'A potentially oppressive model': key points of Sports Direct review | 'A potentially oppressive model': key points of Sports Direct review |
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| Sports Direct has said it will offer casual retail staff guaranteed hours instead of zero-hours contracts and apologised for conditions at its Shirebrook warehouse, including the “six strikes” policy that made workers fear losing their jobs. | Sports Direct has said it will offer casual retail staff guaranteed hours instead of zero-hours contracts and apologised for conditions at its Shirebrook warehouse, including the “six strikes” policy that made workers fear losing their jobs. |
| The review of working practices at the retailer came after the Guardian exposed how temporary staff at warehouses were effectively being paid less than the minimum wage, leading to a public and political outcry. | The review of working practices at the retailer came after the Guardian exposed how temporary staff at warehouses were effectively being paid less than the minimum wage, leading to a public and political outcry. |
| The report, written by the City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain and published on Tuesday (pdf), admitted “[s]erious shortcomings … in working practices in [the] warehouse which the board deeply regrets and apologises for.” | |
| Its key points include: | Its key points include: |