Most zero-hours workers remain in insecure jobs for two years or more, study suggests

• Research by the Trades Union Congress shows that most workers on zero-hours or variable contracts remain in insecure roles for at least two years.
• The study found over half of zero-hours employees stay with their employer for two years or more, with one in six remaining for a decade or longer.
• TUC general secretary Paul Nowak rejected claims that zero-hours roles are mostly taken by students, emphasizing that most workers rely on them as their primary income source.
• Union leaders condemned attempts to weaken proposed employment protections, describing criticisms of bans on exploitative contracts as blatant scaremongering.
• The TUC and shopworkers' union Usdaw have urged the Government to fully deliver promised rights to guaranteed-hours contracts to give low-paid workers financial security.

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Many workers trapped in zero-hours ‘exploitative’ contracts for years, study says