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Terms And Conditions: The rise of zero-hours contracts
Luke Blackburn weighs up the pros and cons of a controversial method for employers to cope with peaks and troughs in demand for labour ‘In zero-hours contracts the employer has almost all of the flexibility of using casual workers, but no obligation to pay anything where no work is available.’ With the recession putting even …
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- Carmichael & anor v National Power plc [2000] IRLR 43
- Pulse Healthcare v Carewatch Services Ltd [2012] UKEAT/0123/12
- Ready Mixed Concrete (South East) Ltd v Minister of Pensions and National Insurance [1967] EWHC QB 3
- Wilson v Circular Distributors Ltd [2006] IRLR 38