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Employers in city region sign charter aimed at improving wages and workers’ treatment
Proposals would see businesses forced to compensate workers for cancelled shifts
Flexible contracts suit employers but many workers pay the price with their own health
Unions criticise government proposals to improve worker protection while retaining flexibility
Labour risks alienating employers with efforts to tackle insecurity
John McDonnell’s father and grandfather were casual workers at Liverpool docks
Unemployment at 40-year low fails to dent use of notorious working arrangement
First decline since 2011 adds support to Bank of England rate-rise hawks
But PM resists parental pay for self-employed as Taylor review urges gig economy reform
Taylor proposals on labour market likely to anger business and disappoint unions
With Brexit looming, we must get to grips with shifting work patterns
‘Gig economy’ increases racial disparities in the labour market, TUC data show
Stopping ‘lazy’ bosses shifting risk to employees a priority in Matthew Taylor report
Zeldin’s ‘zero hours’ play Beyond Caring is being adapted for a new production in Chicago
Bank employs hundreds in UK on terms that represent new twist in labour market
Weak wage growth and rising inflation put squeeze on living standards
Study shows average earnings 6.6% less than employees on regular contracts
Total hits 903,000, almost 3% of all employees
Workers’ representative to be appointed to retailer’s board as part of reforms
Sportswear group ‘too big’ to monitor, says founder
Young workers seek traditional permanent contracts to unlock the necessities of life
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