zero hour

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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