Ian Brinkley is a Senior Economic Advisor at The Work Foundation.
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    The rise of zero hours contracts?

    The new figures on zero hours contracts show yet another increase, up from just under 700,000 in 2014Q4 to just over 800,000 in 2015Q4 or from 2.3 per cent to 2.5 per cent of total employment.