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Zero Hours Contracts BIS Guidance
Zero Hours Contracts BIS Guidance The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has issued guidance for employers on the use of zero hours contracts. It provides guidance on what a zero hours con...
Short hours contracts differ little from zero-hours contracts - Katie Mahoney comments for Huffington post
...hours contracts differ little from zero-hours contracts - Katie Mahoney comments for Huffington post You can read Katie's comments here
Labour's Plans for Zero Hours Contracts - Jessica Corsi comments for realbusiness
...Zero Hours Contracts - Jessica Corsi comments for realbusiness Read Jessica's comments here
Jessica Corsi comments for HR review on Labour's proposals for zero hours contracts
...zero hours contracts Read Jessica's comments here.
Employment lawyers react to Labour's zero-hour proposals - read Jessica Corsi's comments in HR Magazine
...zero-hour proposals - read Jessica Corsi's comments in HR Magazine Read Jessica's comments here.
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Zero Hours Contracts: Exclusivity Clauses Banned From Today
Zero Hours Contracts: Exclusivity Clauses Banned From Today The ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts has come into force today. Provisions of a zero hours contracts which prohibit the wo...
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Zero Hours Contracts: Draft Anti-Avoidance Provisions Published
Zero Hours Contracts: Draft Anti-Avoidance Provisions Published The Government has published draft Regulations which give employees working on zero hours contracts the right to claim unfair dismissa...
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Protections for Zero Hours Workers in Force
...hours. The Exclusivity Terms in Zero Hours Contracts (Redress) Regulations 2015 came into force on 11 January 2016. The Regulations give employees working on zero hours contracts the right to cla...
Abuse of Zero Hours Contracts – Zero Tolerance?
...Zero Hours Contracts – Zero Tolerance? The use of zero hours contracts remains a hot political topic, particularly in light of David Cameron’s recent grilling by Jeremy Paxman in the lead up to the Ge...
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Paying Pro-rated Holiday Pay to Zero-Hours Workers is Lawful
...Zero-Hours Workers is Lawful The ECJ has ruled that an employer was entitled to calculate holiday pay for workers employed on zero-hours contracts on a pro rata basis by reference to the hours actuall...
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Zero Hours Contracts: Government Outlines Proposals for Reform
Zero Hours Contracts: Government Outlines Proposals for Reform The Government has announced that it plans to ban exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts so that those employed on zero hours contr...
Are the Days of the Zero Hours Contract Numbered? - as published in Tolley's Employment Law Newsletter
...zero hours contract numbered? While there are advantages and disadvantages to zero hours contracts, it looks like changes may be afoot. In May 2013, Andy Burnham MP urged Labour to pledge that zero h...
How to reduce the risk of zero-hours contracts - as published in Real Business
...zero-hours contracts are here to stay, but it is likely that guidance on their proper use will be provided. How to reduce the risk of using zero-hours contracts Whilst the use of zero-hours contrac...
Recent Cases
Part-time workers: zero-hours lecturer could compare himself to full-time permanent lecturer
...zero-hours lecturer could compare himself to full-time permanent lecturer An employee employed on a zero-hours contract as a part-time associate lecturer was entitled to compare himself with a permane...
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Zero Hours Contracts: Tackling Avoidance of Exclusivity Ban
...zero hours contracts, either by offering a very low number of guaranteed hours (so they were no longer a zero hours contract) or by offering no work or fewer hours to those who undertook work elsewhe...
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Ban on Zero Hours Contracts Exclusivity Clauses: Government Considers Measures to Tackle Avoidance
...Zero Hours Contracts Exclusivity Clauses: Government Considers Measures to Tackle Avoidance Following on from the Government’s announcement that it plans to ban exclusivity clauses in zero hours contr...
The employer's guide to zero-hours contracts - as published in HR Magazine
...zero-hours contracts. Here are some key issues to bear in mind over the coming weeks. Can employers still get round the rules? The Conservatives have proposed an exclusivity ban (so zero-hours worker...
Could work-related stress brought about by zero hours contracts really lead to an increase in ET claims?
...zero hours contracts really lead to an increase in ET claims? Recent research by the University of Cambridge has shown that rising uncertainty brought about by the increasing use of zero hours contrac...
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Good Work Plan: Government consults on measures to address one-sided flexibility
...hours claimedIt would cause significant adverse change to the businessThere are exceptional, unforeseen or emergency circumstancesAverage hours worked were affected by a temporary situation which no l...
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Election Manifestos: Issues for Employers
...zero hours contracts either a full or part-time secure contract after one year, if the workers involved request it there must be no exclusivity clauses in any zero hours contract workers on zero ho...