The realities of how much zero-hours contracts affect the UK workforce are still being revealed. Hannah Uttley examines the continuing debate.
One in 10 (11%) organisations using zero-hours contracts adopt exclusivity clauses which seek to prohibit workers from securing employment elsewhere, research finds.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has urged the government to place an outright ban on exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts where there is no guarantee of work.
The Employee Share Ownership (ESOP) Centre is calling on the government to require foreign firms buying UK organisations to replace pre-existing employee share schemes.
A group of industry bodies has launched an institutional investor forum on the back of the Kay Review which aims to boost collective engagement between listed companies and asset owners.
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has launched a Stewardship Disclosure Framework, with submissions from JP Morgan, Aviva, Newton and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).
Business secretary Vince Cable has launched a review which will seek to simplify and clarify employment rights for employers and their staff.
The government has endorsed the findings of the Kay review which called for a major change of attitude from pension funds to combat short-termism in financial markets.
Investment consultants and pension funds have reacted with caution to the bonds that would be created by business secretary Vince Cable's proposed ‘business bank'.
Labour front benchers have urged the government to work with the opposition, business and trade unions to protect British interests from planned European regulation of the pensions and insurance industries.