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A government-commissioned inquiry into controversial working practices is set to call for employees on zero-hours contracts to be given the right to request a move onto fixed hours.
The ‘right to request’ fixed hours will be similar to the present right to request flexible hours - for example, after having a child.
Employers would have to respond ‘seriously’ to the request and give reasons for their decision. The move comes as the employers group, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), revealed it backed the idea.
In its submission to the review, the CBI also said that all employees should have their terms and conditions set out in a written statement.
The new ‘right to request’ fixed hours could be used by some of the 900,000 people on zero-hours contracts, a number that has risen from 143,000 in 2008. The contracts have been attacked for allowing some firms to keep people in insecure work, depress wages and deny people their full employee rights.
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McDonald’s have already offered all its staff on zero-hours contracts the chance to move onto fixed hours.
Zero-hours contracts have been one of the most controversial issues connected to the changing world of work. Labour has proposed banning them if it wins the general election and the Liberal Democrats have said they back a "right to request" change to employment regulations.
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