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A “FUNDAMENTALLY new approach” to Britain’s labour market is needed to address job insecurity and stagnant wages among young workers, according to a report published today.
The Resolution Foundation think tank is calling for a “better jobs deal” to avoid leaving “even deeper scars on young people’s careers” caused by “spending long periods in insecure and low-paid work.”
The report for Intergenerational Commission, The Kids Aren’t Alright, recommends guaranteeing zero-hours workers a fixed-hours contract after three months, introducing a minimum notification period for shifts and protections for workers turning down non-guaranteed hours.
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
