Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 119567
Small Businesses: Working Hours
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of guaranteed hours requirements on small and medium-sized enterprises operating in sectors reliant on temporary labour.
Answer
Kate DeardenThe government has published a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts of the zero hours contract measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025.This analysis includes consideration of increases in labour costs and effects on flexibility for micro, ...
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