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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Employment Rights Act 2025 becomes law paving way for negotiation of fair pay agreements for adult social care staff ...

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 ...

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 ...