Topic
Zero Hours Contracts
18 published works
Global Workplace Insider
Greater Security for Flexible Workers Act
By Wijnand Blom, Carlo van Haasteren, Selma Jonker
On 7 July 2026, the Dutch Senate adopted the Greater Security for Flexible Workers Act (Wet meer zekerheid flexwerkers), one of the key legislative reforms stemming from the Dutch labour…
Global Workplace Insider
Government Consultation on Zero Hours Contracts Reforms
On 2 June 2026, the government published its consultation on reforms to zero hours contracts: Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts. The…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
UK Employment Rights Bill: Amendments Employers Should Know
Quick Hits On March 6, 2025, the UK government announced amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, which outlined updates to the bill relating to zero-hours and agency workers, changes to…
Global Workplace Insider
Further changes to the Employment Rights Bill: What do employers need to know?
In October last year the government published the Employment Rights Bill (the Bill) which contained significant reforms to employment rights (The new Employment Rights Bill: What does it mean for…
UK Human Rights Blog
Law Pod UK latest: the Employment Rights Bill
In Episode 213 of Law Pod UK, Alasdair Henderson of 1 Crown Office Row joins Labour MP Henry Tufnell (formerly of 1 Crown Office Row) to discuss some of the…
Pannone Corporate News and Opinion
The Employment Rights Bill – Zero Hour Contracts
Background Arguably one of the most difficult stated aims in Labour’s New Deal for Working People was its move to ‘ban exploitative zero hour contracts.’ Whilst the term ‘zero hour…
UK Human Rights Blog
The Weekly Round-Up: Gender Recognition in Europe, Employment Rights, & ECHR membership contested
In UK News Last week, the Government published the new Employment Rights Bill – a bill Deputy PM Angela Raynor has said seeks to “turn the page on an economy…
Pannone Corporate News and Opinion
What could a Labour government bring to UK workforces?
The General Election is just around the corner and is expected to bring a changing of the guard, with Labour firm favourites to take over the post. A change in…
Global Workplace Insider
Zero hour contracts in Italy
Back in 2003, with the objective of giving employers and employees maximum flexibility to agree to working relations, the so-called zero hour contract, also known informally as “job on call,”…
Global Workplace Insider
What rights and protections are there for workers on zero hours contracts in the UK?
By Russell Kott
In the UK, a zero hours worker is a casual worker engaged on a zero hours contract. A zero hours contract is defined in UK legislation as a contract of…