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The Employment Rights Bill on Zero hours Contracts and Flexible working

The Employment Rights Bill proposes some changes to Zero Hours contracts and Flexible working.  Zero-hours contracts What is the law currently? Zero hours contracts are used for staff where no minimum hours are guaranteed and workers are not obliged to accept any hours offered.  What is changing? Employers will be required to offer guaranteed hours to staff on zero hours contracts to reflect the hours they regularly work over a reference period of e.g. 12 weeks. Workers must be given reasonable notice if they are required to work a shift, or if a shift is cancelled or changed. However where work is genuinely temporary there will be no expectations on employers to offer permanent contracts and those staff who wish to remain on zero hours contracts will...