Bosses are keeping workers on zero hours contracts for years. This is how precarity becomes normalised
And most don’t choose this ‘flexibility’: the vast majority would prefer a job with fixed hours, a new poll shows.
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The new Culture Secretary should ‘do a Gove’ by taking real action on gambling
Forget the Matt Hancock app – the DCMS boss should make his name by tackling the scourge of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals, writes Natalie Bennett.
We may see more Carillion-style collapses and it’s because of this outdated financial model
Like companies the world over, Carillion used Black-Scholes to value securities – a highly risky piece of maths vulnerable to market crashes.
Let’s be clear: precarious work can be deadly. Here’s how we’re fighting it in London
DPD courier Don Lane died after missing doctors appointments because he felt under pressure to cover his round facing a £150 fine if he missed it.
A court just ruled these 400,000 precarious workers may be entitled to employment rights
Almost half a million ‘bogusly self-employed’ people may be affected by a ruling by an employment appeal tribunal today.
Are the Tories about to re-nationalise East Coast rail?
Chris Grayling said taking the East Coast line back into public ownership was an option – the unlikely admission plays perfectly into Labour’s hands.
Carillion could be the spur to radically reform company law. Here’s what’s at stake
Parliament will grill Carillion bosses tomorrow – they may use the opportunity to look at corporate law overall.
We’re developing an ethical alternative to Uber that’s owned by its drivers
CabFair aims to keep transport accessible, low-cost, and convenient without fuelling the gig economy — and according to our polling, the public support the idea.
The role of accountancy firms in Carillion’s collapse is bigger than we thought
Serious questions need to be asked over the Big Four’s advice to Carillion as a crisis brewed.
Is this the beginning of the end for the £200bn PFI disaster? It’s been a long time coming
“The outsourcing party is over” Labour will promise today – and the call to end PFI is supported by some unlikely figures.