Zero hours crackdown could cost firms up to £2.9bn a year

"I don't think it's fair for somebody to be on a contract where they literally don't know whether or not they're going to be working at all, and yet they're bound by that contract."

— Baroness Jacqui Smith , Politician

"It would be a further hammer blow for companies that are struggling."

— Kate Shoesmith , Executive

"I question whether the reforms would actually deliver value for workers."

— Helen Dickinson , Executive

"Zero hours contracts are archaic."

— Charlotte Brumpton-Childs , Activist