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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 300,000 workers over the age of 50 are employed on zero-hours contracts, according to new research. An analysis of official figures by campaign group Rest Less found that the total number ...
The CIPD is recommending the Government ban employers from using exclusivity clauses for zero hours contract workers unless they can demonstrate a compelling business reason for using them. The ...
SCOTTISH Labour has urged all parties to rule out the use of zero-hours contracts in campaigning for May’s Holyrood elections ...
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 ...
New figures reveal almost 1 million workers are on zero-hour contracts in the UK, amid growing concern about the rise of insecure jobs among the youngest and oldest workers. Trade unions claimed the ...
LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest sporting goods retailer Sports Direct employs around 75 percent of its 19,000 UK workers on much criticised zero-hour contracts, its chairman said on ...
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MP demands crackdown on 'zero-hour' contracts in Corby and East Northamptonshire with question at PMQs
MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, Lee Barron, has called on the Prime Minister to put an end to ‘zero hour’ and ...
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