Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Number of workers on zero-hour contracts reaches record high ahead of Labour crackdown A record 1.23 million workers are now on ...

A ban on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts and “day-one” protections against unfair dismissal will not come into force until 2027 as the Government seeks to give businesses time to prepare for its ...

Registrars said they had been left "flummoxed" and "abandoned" after a council proposed putting them on zero-hour contracts. Suffolk County Council told the BBC it was considering altering the ...

(Alliance News) - The UK government has launched a consultation on plans to end exploitative zero-hours contracts it says will help deliver reforms to benefit more than 18 million workers who face ...

Government says it would prefer workers to be guaranteed between eight and 20 hours a week based on regular hours Ministers are facing criticism from unions and employers after laying out details of ...

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 ...

Suffolk County Council is proposing putting all of its ceremony officers on zero-hour contracts Registrars said they had been left "flummoxed" and "abandoned" after a council proposed putting them on ...