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Zero hours contracts: myths and realities
Rarely out of the news in 2013, zero hours contracts are now the subject of a government consultation. But how are companies actually using them? Jo Faragher finds out One of the most politically charged debates in the employment sphere during 2013 was the issue of zero hours contracts. Employers from Sports Direct to the […]
Read More →Increase in productivity needed in 2014, CIPD says
Productivity must dramatically increase in 2014 if wages are to rise higher than prices, according to the chief economist at the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. Despite describing employment forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility as “looking conservative”, Mark Beatson added that if wages are to rise sustainably, employers and policymakers need to […]
Read More →‘Unfairly demonised’ zero hours contracts still misunderstood, says HR body
Debate about the use of zero hours contracts has reignited with the publication of a report which suggests the use of the controversial employment practice has been “underestimated, oversimplified and unfairly demonised”. About one million people – 3.1% of the UK workforce – are employed on zero-hours contracts, according to a survey of 1,000 employers […]
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