Government Issues Major Update on Plans to Scrap Zero-Hours Contracts

Labour 'locking young out of work' with zero-hours contract ban

Zero-hours contracts ban will go ahead, Business Secretary tells ITV News

Government issues major update on plans to scrap zero-hours contracts

Millions of workers would benefit from the decision

Zero-hour crackdown could wipe out seasonal work, Labour warned

Labour has been warned that its controversial crackdown on zero-hour contracts could eradicate seasonal work and put even 20-hour contracts under threat. The government has said it could class 20-hour weeks as a low-hour contract and force firms to offer permanent terms after as little as 12 weeks of work. Retail and hospitality firms have urged the government to make sure its guaranteed hours rules do not threaten the flexible work which they s…

End of exploitative zero hours contracts to give people security and predictability at work

Changes to end one-sided flexibility and uncertainty for workers through ban on exploitative zero hours contracts set out in consultation.

Government consults on end of zero hour contracts

standfirst: Proposal for eight to 20-hour threshold, penalties for late cancellation of shifts and agency workers in scope as government sets out detailed plans to end zero hours contracts in clampdown on ‘one-sided flexibility’This is the first detailed proposals on the practicalities of iending zero hour contracts, which are a key part of the transformational Employment Rights Act 2025. The eight week consultation will provide the opportunity …