#unfair-dismissal

#unfair-dismissal

Employers will be forced to offer more secure terms to more than a million workers if the employment bill going through parliament is implemented, according to research by a leading thinktank. The Work Foundation said analysis of 2023-24 data calculating the impact of a ban on zero-hours contracts and day one compensation after unfair dismissal which are two key elements of the employment rights bill showed 1.2 million workers would have been protected from severe insecurity in the workplace.

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