Although still in the red, freelance tech hiring shows ‘improvements,’ finely balanced on next Wednesday’s Spring Statement 2025.

Agency workers will reportedly be included in a ban on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts as part of changes to the UK Labour Party government’s employment bill.

A survey of 400 recruitment agencies suggested a 'marked' fall in candidates being placed in permanent and temporary jobs ...

There are around one million agency staff in the UK, working across areas such as warehouses ... While unions welcomed the inclusion of agency workers in the ban, the Recruitment and Employment ...

There are around one million agency staff in the UK, working across areas ... of agency workers in the ban, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), which represents the sector, said ...

The UK has among the worst workers’ rights protections in the Western world, experts have warned. Can Labour fix this?

Zero hour contracts are a type of working contract in which the employer does not need to set any working hours for the employee - however, it also means the worker does not have to accept the work of ...

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Benefit to workers: The Employment Rights Bill includes measures allowing workers to claim sick pay from their first day of absence, as well as removing the £123 a week lower-earning minimum.