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 ...

More than one million people in the UK are on zero-hours contracts, new data has revealed, despite Labour’s pledge to eliminate the “exploitative” contracts last year. Some 1.17 million people were on ...

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 ...

CIPD research shows zero-hours contract workers report better work-life balance and wellbeing than other workers, but improved enforcement of employment rights needed to protect those who are treated ...

Weeding out “exploitative” zero-hour contracts has been a pledge under the government’s Employment Rights Bill since it was ...

"Structural racism in the jobs market is holding BME women back," a union body has warned, after analysis found Black and minority ethnic (BME) women are now nearly three times as likely to be on zero ...

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Following the release of a research report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) on zero hours contracts which found that only 14% of workers were provided with insufficient ...

Zero hours contracts could be tightly restricted in Northern Ireland under fresh proposals announced by Stormont's economy minister. The changes are planned as part of a major update to employment ...