More than one million people in the UK are on zero-hours contracts, new data has revealed, despite Labour’s pledge to eliminate the “exploitative” contracts last year. Some 1.17 million people were on ...
Around 1 million people in the UK are on employment contracts that do not specify a minimum number of hours they can work, not 11 million, contrary to a widely shared post online that also ...
A proposed crack down on zero-hour contracts in the workplace have suffered a setback today. Flagship plans by the Government to halt zero-hour contracts in the workplace have been scuppered by peers ...
Young people working in insecure jobs have been promised a "new deal" by the government. A law announced last week includes a ban on "exploitative" zero-hours contracts which allow employers to only ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The government is to ban employers from using contracts that stop employees from taking jobs elsewhere but do not provide a guarantee of work or income, Business Secretary Vince ...
The UK government has announced a major decision to ban zero-hours contracts, a move aimed at providing job security and fair wages for workers. The ban will also cover agency workers, ensuring that ...
Following the release of a research report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) on zero hours contracts which found that only 14% of workers were provided with insufficient ...
With regards to today’s media headlines about the ban on zero hours for agency workers, the industry argues reforms would undermine the jobs market in a letter to the business secretary. Amanda ...
SCOTTISH Labour has urged all parties to rule out the use of zero-hours contracts in campaigning for May’s Holyrood elections ...