Signal Employment Rights Bill to ban zero hours contracts

Summary

Among measures to protect vulnerable people, the report presents the Employment Rights Bill 2024-25, part of the Plan to Make Work Pay. The bill seeks to shield vulnerable people from exploitation by strengthening redundancy rights and sick pay and by outlawing zero hours contracts. It would also scrap the qualifying periods currently needed to claim parental leave or unfair dismissal. The report further describes the Equality Act 2010 as giving people protection against discrimination in employment, education and other areas on grounds including race, disability, gender, age and sexual orientation. In the report's view, reducing inequality can lead to a fairer society and a stronger economy.