…the most important employment law issues to hit the news this year, yet no Conservative MPs even turned up to debate zero-hour contracts in Parliament on Tuesday (09 July 2013)….
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Zero Hours – Zero Solutions
…‘zero-hours contracts’ (‘ZHCs’), and criticised the government’s inadequate regulatory response in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, section 153 of which rendered exclusivity terms in such work arrangements…
Zero-hours contracts on the rise
26 February 2015 UK companies used 1.8 million zero-hours contracts last summer, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show. This has increased from last January’s 1.4 million….
Zero-hours scandal: Unite faces up to Sports Direct and palace revealed to be using zero-hours workers
31 July 2013 The scandal of zero-hours contracts is gaining traction in the press, as well as in parliament, as the scale of the problem is beginning to be uncovered….
Curtail Zero Hour Contracts and give workers guaranteed work hours, say researchers at the University of Warwick
Inquiry launched into zero-hours contracts
12 September 2013 An inquiry has been launched into the use and abuse of zero-hours contracts….
Zero Hours Contracts
2 May 2014 It’s official. The number of workers trapped on zero hour contracts is growing….
Zero-hour contracts used by employers to silence poorly treated workers, study shows
26 June 2013 A new study from the Resolution Foundation has revealed some employers use zero-hour contracts as a way of scaring their workers into silence in the face of…
TUC: Zero hours contracts are the tip of the iceberg
30 April 2015 Zero hours contracts are only one aspect of the employment crisis….
Zero hour contracts – the power factor!
14 March 2014 On 10th March the Guardian ran a story exposing the huge rise in zero hour contracts. According to the lastest official statistics from the Office for National…
Right to Request Zero Hours Contracts “worthless” to most vulnerable workers
…Taylor – Head of the government’s ongoing review into employment law and the “gig” economy – will recommend providing workers on zero-hour contracts with ‘the right to request’ guaranteed hours….
A view on how the govt could stop employers abusing zero-hours contracts
So Dr Cable wants to stop employers abusing workers through zero-hours contracts and he is consulting the public about how best to do this…
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