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Liverpool MPs publish voluntary code of conduct for zero-hours contracts
28 June 2013 A report published by three Labour MPs from the Liverpool area includes six-point voluntary code for employers taking on staff on a zero-hour basis….
Zero Hours Contract Bill begins second reading
21 November 2014 The Zero Hours Contract Bill has started its second reading today (21 November), but was adjourned. The second reading debate is expected to resume on Friday 23…
Zero Hours Contracts: The exclusivity clause consultation
…clause 139 of the Zero Hours Contracts (ZHC) section of the bill: the proposed ban on exclusivity clauses. Exclusivity clauses in ZHCs aim to prevent employees from obtaining work elsewhere….
Pay falls for sixth consecutive year
26 November 2014 British workers are facing a sixth year of falling pay, figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have shown. This year wages have risen by 0.1%…
300 Sports Direct workers file legal claims
4 Febuary 2015 The workers were excluded from their bonus scheme because they were on zero-hours contracts. The scheme paid out about £160m in shares in 2013, but only to…
Miliband pledges to crack down on ZHCs
1 April 2015 Miliband promises that labour will end the ‘epidemic’ of zero hours contracts….
Not Legislating in a Crisis? The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Part 2
The Job Retention Scheme will not achieve its objectives if it cannot be amended to protect the millions of workers in insecure…
Zero Hour Contracts: Some Policy Proposals
13 August 2013 Prof Keith Ewing, IER President There has been much hand-wringing about the growing scandal of zero-hours contracts. Apparently the Office for National Statistics has greatly under-estimated the…
Parliament to debate proposals to end zero-hour contracts
19 January 2018 The Workers’ Definition and Rights Bill, brought by SNP MP Chris Stephens, is set to have its second reading in Parliament…
Welsh govt announces plans to curb zero-hour contracts in social care sector
15 June 2017 The Welsh government has this week announced plans to reduce the social care sector’s reliance on zero-hour contracts….
New report finds most employees aged 16-24 miss out on key employment rights
Young people are also much more likely to be employed on zero-hours contracts…
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