Zero-hours contracts have some negative connotations, having been viewed as exploitative. However, some argue that they offer valuable flexibility to both workers and employers. Running a company in ...

With upcoming reforms to flexible contracts on the horizon, the time to act is now. These are the decisions employers should ...

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 ...

CIPD research shows zero-hours contract workers report better work-life balance and wellbeing than other workers, but improved enforcement of employment rights needed to protect those who are treated ...

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 ...

More than 300,000 workers over the age of 50 are employed on zero-hours contracts, according to new research. An analysis of official figures by campaign group Rest Less found that the total number ...

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 ...

New CIPD research suggests that there could be about one million zero hours workers in the UK - but just 14% report that their employer often fails to provide them with sufficient hours each week New ...