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"I don't think it's fair for somebody to be on a contract where they literally don't know whether or not they're going to be working at all, and yet they're bound by that contract."

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Baroness Smith
Skills Minister
BBC - World · Aug 13
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called zero hours contracts "archaic"

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Charlotte Brumpton-Childs
GMB national secretary
BBC - World · Aug 13
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"The aim of this legislation is to stop this practice and give variable hours workers security and stability - so good employers have nothing to fear."

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A spokesperson for the TUC
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BBC - World · Aug 13
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questioned whether the reforms would "actually deliver value for workers"

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Helen Dickinson
chief executive of British Retail Consortium
BBC - World · Aug 13
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the reforms would ensure workers are "fairly paid"

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Baroness Jacqui Smith
Skills Minister
BBC - World · Aug 13
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"If you can't even rely on a permit that you've already gotten, then I mean, we've got a serious problem,"

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Daren Bakst
director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Energy and Environment
FNC - Most Popular · Aug 13
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"We are already facing a youth unemployment crisis – now is not the time to make it even more costly for employers to hire."

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Kate Shoesmith
director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce
BBC - World · Aug 13
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But see, that should be the question — not if it should be paid

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the host
local radio host
Fox News - Politics · Aug 13
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there were "potential trade-offs" that include more administrative costs and less flexibility for companies, including making it "harder for employers to respond to changes in demand"

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Government analysis
BBC - World · Aug 13
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