The scale of Britain’s insecure jobs crisis in now clear
Figures released by the TUC show how nearly 4 million are stuck in the precarious world of the ‘gig-economy’.
Zero Hour Contracts
We need a review into the gig economy led by workers themselves
The Taylor review into precarity in work appears be limited in its investigations and its proposed solutions
A victory for the living wage campaign
Campaigners say there are still issues with the way that Bath University has chosen to pay its employees
Liberal Democrat run council employs 300 people on zero-hour contracts
Cornwall Council has been using more than 300 people on zero hour contracts, it has been revealed this week.
Zero-hour economy is holding back recovery
Matthew Whittley looks at the problems with zero-hour contracts and what they tell us about our economy.
The rise in zero hour contracts
The two graphs show the rise in the number of people on zero hour contracts in the past eight years.
Always on call: the problem of zero hour contracts
Andrew Tromans is a History and Politics student at the University of Sheffield. For many people the notion of a 9-5 job, Saturdays and Sunday for leisure and even basic employment rights such as maternity leave are just not atest