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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A UK ban on zero-hours contracts is set to include agency workers. Agency workers will reportedly be included in a ban on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts as part of changes to the UK Labour Party ...

Zero-hours contracts have some negative connotations, having been viewed as exploitative. However, some argue that they offer valuable flexibility to both workers and employers. Running a company in ...

Zero hours contracts could be tightly restricted in Northern Ireland under fresh proposals announced by Stormont's economy minister. The changes are planned as part of a major update to employment ...