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Zero hours and casual contracts

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  • Date:
    18 September 2025
    Type:
    News

    MPs reject Lords' amendments to Employment Rights Bill

    MPs have rejected amendments to the Employment Rights Bill tabled by the House of Lords, which the government said would have weakened the Bill, including watering down the day one right to protection from unfair dismissal and limiting those able to benefit from the ban on 'exploitative' zero hours contracts.

  • Date:
    30 July 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill - trade unions and workers' rights

    Shantha David, head of legal services at UNISON, joins the podcast to talk about the impact of the Employment Rights Bill on trade union rights, fire and rehire practices and more.

  • Date:
    28 July 2025
    Type:
    News

    TUC says Employment Rights Bill must be delivered 'in full'

    The TUC has today (Monday) told Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers in the House of Lords to 'stop trying to block' stronger rights for millions of workers.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Reform of zero hours contracts

    Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's Employment Rights Bill implementation roadmap.

  • Date:
    18 June 2025
    Type:
    News

    Pensions regulator: make sure summer staff don't miss out

    Employers and agencies who hire summer staff must remember their pension obligations, the regulator has warned.

  • Date:
    15 May 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill essentials: Managing zero hours workers

    The policy intent behind the measures relating to zero and low hours workers in the Employment Rights Bill is to end one-sided flexibility and "exploitative zero hours contracts". This does not mean that there will be an outright ban on such contracts. What it does mean is that there will now be a legislative framework, the intention behind which is to deliver a better level of predictability and security for workers. Barrister and mediator Alison Frazer looks at the practical implications for HR.

  • Date:
    5 March 2025
    Type:
    News

    Agency workers to be included in zero-hours clampdown

    Agency workers will be included in the ban on 'exploitative' zero-hours contracts, as the government tables around 250 amendments to its landmark Employment Rights Bill today.

  • Date:
    8 January 2025
    Type:
    News

    Hundreds of Addison Lee drivers win worker status case

    A tribunal has ruled that all Addison Lee drivers are workers, who will now be entitled to backdated holiday pay and compensation for loss of earnings.

  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Employment Rights Bill - how HR can get ahead of the changes

    In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.

  • Date:
    18 October 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Employment Rights Bill research 2024

    The first draft of the Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October - just ahead of 100 days into the new Labour Government. We take an early look at how HR is reacting to the changes included in the Bill.

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HR and legal information and guidance relating to zero hours and casual contracts.