Proposals to give zero hours contract workers the right to request regular hours have moved a step closer to becoming law.
Conservative MP Scott Benton's Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill cleared the Commons after receiving support from across the House. The Bill would introduce a new statutory right for workers to request a predictable working pattern from their bosses, with the aim of helping those on zero hours contracts.
Blackpool South MP Mr Benton told the Commons: "While zero hours contracts are an important part of the UK's flexible labour market, the 2017 Taylor review of modern working practices found that workers on zero hours contracts, as well as agency workers and temporary workers, struggle where flexibility is one-sided in an employer's favour."
