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Zero-hour contracts ‘trapping young homeless people on the streets’
09 January 2017 Homelessness charity Centrepoint has warned that today’s increasingly casualised labour market is forcing young people to live on the…
Number of workers on zero-hour contracts rises above 800,000
09 March 2016 The number of workers on a zero-hour contract for their main job has risen above 800,000, accounting for 2.5% of the workforce in 2015 compared with 2.3%…
Workers on ZHCs up by 19%
2 September 2015 The number of workers on Zero Hours Contracts has gone up, it has been announced today….
Labour Minister confirms plans to ban zero-hour contracts, reinstate sectoral collective bargaining and raise pay
Shadow Minister for Labour, Laura Pidcock, has confirmed the Labour Party’s plans to ban zero-hour contracts, reinstate sectoral collective bargaining and raise pay across the UK….
Zero-hour contracts: bad news for workers, employers, service-users and the state
19 July 2013 By Christine Lewis, Unison national officer Zero-hours contracts hurt everyone, but particularly the vulnerable in our society including low-paid workers and care services users….
ONS: Nearly 1m workers on zero-hour contracts as their main job
Sports direct forced to make employment terms clear
28 October 2014 Sports direct will be forced to advertise the employment terms of its zero-hours contracts, following legal action….
Think tank offers policy proposals on zero-hours contracts
For Immediate Release 18 September 2013 Following Business Secretary Vince Cable’s announcement this week that a consultation will be launched into zero-hours contracts, the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) published…
Re-regulating Zero Hours Contracts (Hard copy, trade union)
Zero-hour contracts are highly profitable for employers, but lead to insecurity of income and low pay for workers….
Re-regulating Zero Hours Contracts (Download)
Zero-hour contracts are highly profitable for employers, but lead to insecurity of income and low pay for workers….
Work is intermittent but capital is not: what to do about zero hours contracts
1 May 2014 By Zoe Adams and Simon Deakin, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge The casualisation of working life is a huge problem in Britain today and Zero…
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