Calls to ban zero hour contracts have been renewed after research found a third of workers are given less than a week’s notice of their shifts – a figure that rises to half for low-paid workers. The ...

Zero-hour contracts have been criticised as a source of great insecurity among the lowest paid – condemned by the Labour party, trade unions and workers’ campaign groups. Yet the latest figures from ...

More than 1m people still on zero-hours contracts despite Labour pledge to crack down on ‘exploitative’ practice Some 1.17 million people are on the contracts in the UK, growing by 12 per cent ...

A ban on zero-hour contracts will apply to agency workers, and umbrella companies will be regulated, under Government plans to strengthen workers’ rights. The Government is tabling amendments to ...