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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to take into account the Government's announcement in its Good work plan, on the right to request a stable contract.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
All workers will have the right to request a more predictable and stable contractual working pattern after 26 weeks' continuous service.
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- Date:
- 14 December 2018
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- News
The Irish government has said it will end most zero-hour contracts in the country by summer as its Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill completed its final stages in the Seanad (senate) earlier this week.
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- Date:
- 8 October 2018
- Type:
- News
Almost half of people on zero-hours contracts want to work more hours and in a more regular shift pattern, but almost the same proportion are satisfied with the hours they work.
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- Date:
- 21 June 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Roddis v Sheffield Hallam University, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a lecturer employed under a zero hours contract was employed under the same type of contract as a permanent full-time lecturer for the purposes of his claim of less favourable treatment under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/1551).
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- Date:
- 1 June 2018
- Type:
- News
Two-thirds of employers back the introduction of a right for agency workers and zero-hours contract workers to request a stable contract.
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- Date:
- 4 May 2018
- Type:
- News
HM Revenue and Customs is reportedly investigating allegations that delivery company Hermes trained managers to mislead tax officials about how it treated workers.
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- Date:
- 23 April 2018
- Type:
- News
The number of people on zero hour contracts in the UK increased by around 100,000 last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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- Date:
- 20 April 2018
- Type:
- News
MPs have accused the Government of being too slow to act on recommendations that would protect the rights of gig economy workers and people on zero-hour contracts.
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- Date:
- 30 January 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
How you're employed or hired can have a bearing on the way you're looked after by your employer, writes Tim Walsh.
