Research: Flexibility or insecurity? Exploring the rise in zero hours contracts
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This report covers:
• the nature of zero hours contracts and some issues of employment law;
• health warnings about the use of official statistics;
• the wider labour market context, looking at levels of regulation, the role of labour market intermediaries, the growth of non-standard employment, and the extent and nature of flexible working;
• a cross-sectional analysis of some characteristics of zero hours contracts, using the latest available data and other evidence for 2012;
• how zero hours contracts have changed over time, comparing 1997 with 2012;
• and recommendations for policy and organisational responses.