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Zero-hour agency workers to get paid if shift changed at short notice

  • Agency workers in the UK will no longer be on exploitative zero-hour contracts, as amendments to the Employment Rights Bill include guaranteed minimum hours each week.
  • Agency workers will be eligible for compensation if their shifts are changed at short notice, according to sources from the BBC.
  • The government plans to double penalties for companies utilizing improper dismissal and rehire practices, increasing compensation to 180 days' worth of pay.
  • Trade unions advocate for these changes, emphasizing the need for protections against bad working practices for agency workers.
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Agency workers to be included in zero-hour contracts ban

Collective redundancy rules will also change to increase the maximum period of protective award from 90 to 180 days.

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Zero-hour agency workers to get paid if shift changed at short notice

The policy is part of 250 additions to the Employment Rights Bill, although the amendment will not spell out what "short notice" means.

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Labour announces employment law reforms, including zero-hour contract ban - Business Link Magazine

The UK Government has proposed changes to employment laws, including a ban on zero-hour contracts that will also apply to agency workers. The reforms, part of Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, aim to strengthen worker protections and regulate umbrella companies. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds stated that agency workers must be included in the zero-hour contract ban […]

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Employment Rights Bill – what's in the legislation? - Small Business UK

By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs UPDATED: The Labour government has tabled amendments to its upcoming Employment Rights Bill. There are reportedly 250 additions to the bill, which was announced back in October 2024. The government has outlined that agency workers will need to be compensated if their shift is cancelled or changed at short notice (though ambiguity hangs around the term ‘short …

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New employment tribunal and redundancy rules announced by Labour

The ban on zero-hour contracts will apply to agency workers under Labour Party government plans to strengthen workers' rights

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Agency workers to be included in zero-hours clampdown

Agency workers included in ban on ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts, as government tables amendments to the Employment Rights Bill. The post Agency workers to be included in zero-hours clampdown appeared first on Personnel Today.

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onrec.com broke the news in on Monday, March 3, 2025.
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