The figures showed an additional 181,000 people are on zero-hours contracts than when Labour came to power in 2024. Young ...

Labour has legislated to tackle “exploitative” zero-hours contracts as part of its flagship Employment Rights Bill. The ...

The number of workers employed under zero hour contracts reaches a record high of 1.23 million ahead of new government rights ...

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 ...

Around 1 million people in the UK are on employment contracts that do not specify a minimum number of hours they can work, not 11 million, contrary to a widely shared post online that also ...

Young people working in insecure jobs have been promised a "new deal" by the government. A law announced last week includes a ban on "exploitative" zero-hours contracts which allow employers to only ...

New figures reveal almost 1 million workers are on zero-hour contracts in the UK, amid growing concern about the rise of insecure jobs among the youngest and oldest workers. Trade unions claimed the ...

Suffolk County Council is proposing putting all of its ceremony officers on casual contracts.

A record 1.23 million UK workers are now on zero-hour contracts as their main employment, new research reveals. Analysis of ...

Zero-hours contracts have some negative connotations, having been viewed as exploitative. However, some argue that they offer valuable flexibility to both workers and employers. Running a company in ...