On 24 March, the British Parliament gave the green light to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill; it contains a long awaited amendment to the exclusivity clauses of the much criticised zero-hour contracts. All that remains, before the law can come into force, is the granting of royal consent, which is merely a formality.
Led by Business Secretary, Vince Cable, the government has announced its measures banning exclusivity clauses in the use of zero hours contracts. After a public consultation, the government has published its Zero Hours Workers (Exclusivity Terms) Regulations 2015. These regulations are part of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, which has been passed.
The initial public consultation on zero hours contracts highlighted the use of exclusivity clauses as a particular problem...
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