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Zero hour contracts: Know your rights
Zero hour contracts: Know your rights
Contrary to common misconceptions, zero hour contract workers are entitled to sick and holiday pay. Here’s everything you need to know about the controversial employment model.
‘We need business rates reform not crippling hikes’ trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget
‘We need business rates reform not crippling hikes’ trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and 41 other leading trade groups are demanding fundamental changes to the business rates system.
Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
Ex-Tesco CEO Sir David Lewis has been appointed government supply chain adviser. Could treating the UK like one big Tesco superstore help get food back on our shelves?
Building back better? Not for the working class
Building back better? Not for the working class
Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough
London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough
Paid internship and financial health start-ups win Covid recovery grants
Paid internship and financial health start-ups win Covid recovery grants
Embattled market traders occupy their own units after being evicted
Embattled market traders occupy their own units after being evicted
£15 minimum wage: Who is calling for it and could it happen?
£15 minimum wage: Who is calling for it and could it happen?
Excluded from Covid support: How one missed deadline made a man homeless
Excluded from Covid support: How one missed deadline made a man homeless
Plans to ‘modernise’ working life will allow employees to request flexibility from day one
Plans to ‘modernise’ working life will allow employees to request flexibility from day one
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Imperial measurements? What’s really on the government agenda
