Demand for flexible work patterns, potential loopholes, and problems with defining 'regular contract' means Labour's proposals face considerable challenges
Despite promises from Ed Miliband that a future Labour government will end the 'epidemic' of zero-hours contracts that are 'undermining family life', one employment specialist has argued that this may be easier said than done.
The Labour leader has declared that his government would pass a law that will give employees the right to a regular contract after 12 weeks of working regular hours.
However, Colin Leckey, a partner in the employment team at Lewis Silkin, said zero-hours contracts were nothing new, but was unsurprised that the publicity the issue has garnered over the last five years had made it an inevitable feature of the election...
