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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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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on Roddis v Sheffield Hallam University, concerning the comparator for a claim under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, by a lecturer on a zero-hours contract.
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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.
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- Date:
- 10 January 2018
- Type:
- News
A bill seeking to ban zero-hours contacts and bolster workers' rights is to come before parliament for a second reading next week.
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- Date:
- 11 December 2017
- Type:
- News
Two fifths of women and a fifth of men in the UK say they have experienced unwanted sexual behaviour at work, an in-depth poll for the BBC has found.
