zero hour

The structure of the jobs market in the UK makes that challenging to replicate - for example there are more insecure zero hours contracts.

The Labour government pledged last year to ban "exploitative zero hours contracts" as part of the Employment Rights Bill.

From Brighton, London, Swindon, and Wrexham across to Leeds there have been zero hours of sunshine recorded in the last seven days, compared to 40 hours in north-west Scotland.

Moreover, the "wellbeing" benefits of the measures, which include challenging the use of zero hours contracts and boosting sick pay, would amount to £3bn, it found.

Workers who prefer zero hours would be able to refuse - there will be no obligation to accept.