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A bill giving workers on atypical contracts, including temporary, agency and zero-hours contract workers, more predictable working hours has received Royal Assent.

The new law for workers on casual contracts is expected to be introduced in the autumn of next year - in order to give employers time to prepare for the changes

The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023, giving workers the right to a more stable contract, has passed the House of Lords.

We typically expect employment law reform to move slowly during the summer holiday period, but it seems that progress has been possible this year (perhaps without the distraction of...

Political correspondent Mark D'Arcy breaks down what we can expect from the week ahead in Parliament.

More than 180,000 Londoners are employed on zero hour contracts, official figures revealed on Tuesday.

Despite the absence of the previously promised Employment Bill, new Bills that will, if passed, make changes to employment laws, have been coming thick and fast over the last few...

The trend towards employees gaining greater control and flexibility over their working hours is set to continue. We discuss below some recent developments.

Employees, agency staff and casual workers on short or zero-hours contracts will win the right to request predictable working hours when a private member’s bill

Last week government voiced support for new Workers Bill, endeavour of MP Scott Benton to combat one-sided flexibility, where workers are on stand-by for work which never comes, it says in BEIS press release. This is belated by-product of Taylor Good Work Report in 2017.