Zero hours crackdown could cost firms up to £2.9bn a year
Labour's employment rights bill crackdown on zero hours contracts could cost businesses up to £2.9bn a year, new official analysis has found.
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"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
Key People
Baroness Jacqui Smith is a UK politician and currently serves as the Skills Minister.
Charlotte Brumpton-Childs is a national secretary at GMB.
Helen Dickinson is the chief executive of the British Retail Consortium.
Kate Shoesmith is the director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce.
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Labour's employment rights bill crackdown on zero hours contracts could cost businesses up to £2.9bn a year, new official analysis has found.
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