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. long hours
. financial problems
. underpaid staff
. slave labor
. families could suffer
. single parents
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workers at sports direct

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All workers are on a zero hour contract which is said to give the workers more flexibility. A zero hour contract is where some weeks they may not be put in to work. This can have an effect on families and finance.

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exploiting the employees.
Doesn't know what's happening in his own company because he's to high.

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The discovery of the low pay being received by Sports Direct workers comes on top of a string of criticisms of the working conditions within the retailer’s warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, where more than 80% of staff are on zero hours contracts. Workers are also:

Harangued by tannoy for not working fast enough.

Warned they will be sacked if they receive six black marks – or “strikes” (see document below) – over a six-month period for offences including a “period of reported sickness”; “errors”; “excessive/long toilet breaks”; “time wasting”; “excessive chatting”; “horseplay”; and “using a mobile phone in the warehouse”.

Banned from wearing 802 separate clothing brands at work.

Have to go through rigorous searches – down to the last layer of clothing, asked to roll up trouser legs and show top of underwear – which typically takes 15 minutes, because management is so concerned about potential theft.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/09/how-sports-direct-effectively-pays-below-minimum-wage-pay

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https://youtu.be/CYSdH0y42OI

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The practices contribute to many staff being paid an effective rate of about £6.50 an hour against the statutory rate of £6.70 – potentially saving the FTSE 100 firm millions of pounds a year at the expense of some of the poorest workers in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/09/how-sports-direct-effectively-pays-below-minimum-wage-pay - 27/09/18

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Revealed: how Sports Direct effectively pays below minimum wage

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Guardian undercover reporters find world where staff are searched daily, harangued via tannoy to hit targets and can be sacked in a 'six strikes and you're out' regime

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Revealed: how Sports Direct effectively pays below minimum wage 

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Revealed: how Sports Direct effectively pays below minimum wage 

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https://ncd.schoology.com/course/1637458225/materials/link/view/1833356750

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https://ncd.schoology.com/course/1637458225/materials/link/view/1833350722

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Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct is facing a multimillion-pound bill in fines and back pay after the billionaire admitted his company had broken the law by failing to pay staff the national minimum wage. it was “unacceptable” for the company’s workers to be docked 15 minutes of pay for being one minute late for work;

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Karl Marx stated that conflict theory is "social control that the rich have over the masses. Further, he believed that one society or organization only functions in order to try and better their social situation" (conflict-theory.com, Marx conflict theory) This idea / way society functioned usually leads to revolution or an uprising of the 'masses'.

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- https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/mike-ashley-journey-from-sports-direct-to-house-of-fraser-a3908466.html (Evening Standard, Mike Ashley’s journey from Sports Direct to House of Fraser: How Newcastle United owner became a self-made billionaire, Georgia Chambers, 10/09/2018. Accessed 26/09/2018)
- http://conflicttheory.com/marx/ (Conflicttheory.com, Marx Conflict Theory. Accessed on 27/09/2018)
file:///C:/Users/tiabi/Documents/College%20Work/Year%203%20HE/S1/Social%20Science/Employment%20practice%20at%20Sports%20Direct.pdf  (House of Commons, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, Employment practices at Sports Direct, 19/07/2016. Accessed on 27/09/2018)

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Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has struck a £90 million agreement with House of Fraser to save the department store from collapsing.

The lucrative deal is the latest investment for the Newcastle United owner, whose net worth totals £2.8 billion.

So how did the shop boy from Burnham become a self-made billionaire?

Here, we take a look back at the business tycoon's career successes:

Squashed dreams

Brought up in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, Mr Ashley's first love was squash. He even had dreams of going pro, until he was forced into an early retirement due to an injury.

Not quite ready to leave the sporting world behind, he started helping out at his squash club in Maidenhead.

Building an empire

Aged just 18, he opened his first shop in 1981 and founded the Sports Direct brand in 1982.

Ashley then built the retailer into a nationwide chain with a 'pile it high, sell 'em cheap' ethos.

Today, the company is the UK's largest sportswear retailer and has 700 stores across the country.

At its most successful, the company was worth £4.3 billion.

When the company went public in 2007, Mr Ashley pocketed a tidy £1.4 billion from the IPO.

He also has ownership stakes in companies such as Agent Provocateur, which he paid between £25-30 million to save from bankruptcy in 2017.

Going for goals

A year after the Sports Direct IPO, he bought Newcastle United for £134 million.

Despite initially being unpopular with fans when the club was relegated, morale was boosted when they earned promotion back to the Premier League, allowing Mr Ashley to invest more time and money into the club.

Saving House of Fraser

In a late move for the struggling department store, House of Fraser agreed on a £90 million takeover deal with Mr Ashley.

In a statement to the Stock Exchange Sports Direct International said it "announces the acquisition of the business and assets of House of Fraser from the administrators of House of Fraser...for a cash consideration of £90 million."

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Mike Ashley's journey from Sports Direct to House of Fraser

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Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has struck a £90 million agreement with House of Fraser to save the department store from collapsing. The lucrative deal is the latest investment for the Newcastle United owner, whose net worth totals £2.8 billion.

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This case study links to the modern day Bourgeoisie and proletariat because Mike Ashley (bourgeoisie) was exploiting the employees of Sports Direct (Proletariat). He was seen to be doing this through paying the workers (Proletariat) less than the living wage so that he would be able to keep the profits for himself or the company. It was also found that "[Workers] were being penalised for matters such as taking a short break to drink water and for taking time off work when ill." (House of Commons, 2016-2017) Meaning they didn't like to take time of work.
This could have eventually lead to the workers going on strike over the conditions if the government had not found out about what was going on. These conditions that they are working are a prime example of modern day bourgeoisie and Proletariat.

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Bourgeoisie relates to Mike Ashley as that's what he is seen as, considering he is a pretty successful man. He bought House of Fraser due to the stores not doing very well. He was doing well with Sports Direct as the company was worth 4.3 billion. A year after the Sports Direct IPO, he bought Newcastle United for £134 million. In a late move for the struggling department store, House of Fraser agreed on a £90 million takeover deal with Mr Ashley.
https://ncd.schoology.com/course/1637458225/materials/link/view/1833350722

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report the government had on the story  

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report the government had on the story  