A record 1.23 million workers are now on zero-hours contracts, new analysis has revealed, coming ahead of Labour’s plan to bolster the rights of these employees. The figure has risen by 91,000 over ...

A proposed crack down on zero-hour contracts in the workplace have suffered a setback today. Flagship plans by the Government to halt zero-hour contracts in the workplace have been scuppered by peers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Getty Images] The number of workers on zero-hours contracts has hit a record high, ahead of Labour's planned crackdown on the ...

Young people working in insecure jobs have been promised a "new deal" by the government. A law announced last week includes a ban on "exploitative" zero-hours contracts which allow employers to only ...

Around 1 million people in the UK are on employment contracts that do not specify a minimum number of hours they can work, not 11 million, contrary to a widely shared post online that also ...

Registrars said they had been left "flummoxed" and "abandoned" after a council proposed putting them on zero-hour contracts. Suffolk County Council told the BBC it was considering altering the ...

Workers on zero-hours contracts will be able to work for more than one employer under new rules but unions say the measures are insufficient. Business secretary Vince Cable told the BBC that ...

The number of workers on zero-hours contracts has hit a record high, ahead of Labour's planned crackdown on the practice from next year. A surge in 16-to-24-year-olds and workers not in full-time ...