The Government has launched a consultation on new protections for zero and low-hour workers. Employment lawyer Lydia Button ...

Don’t squander a critical opportunity to give your ‘input,’ because the government says it is committed to ‘ending’ ...

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 ...

Business leaders say they will have to offer fewer flexible seasonal roles as a result of the latest rules imposed on them ...

A record 1.23 million workers are now on zero-hours contracts, new analysis has revealed, coming ahead of Labour’s plan to bolster the rights of these employees. The figure has risen by 91,000 over ...

Plans to axe zero-hours contracts will have unintended consequences, say firms ...

LABOUR plans to crack down on zero-hour contracts will wipe out seasonal roles, it has been warned. Ministers have come under ...

Business leaders have accused Labour of risking the exclusion of young people from the labour market after publishing ...

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 ...

Last week, ministers laid out details for proposals which could ensure guaranteed hours for workers.