Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 98732
Temporary Employment: Working Hours
Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sir Desmond Swayne
Conservative — New Forest West
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has conducted international comparisons on the definition of low hours to inform how the threshold for low hours is set and the reference periods used to calculate guaranteed hou
Answer
Kate DeardenThe definition of the hours threshold and the length and frequency of reference periods will depend on the outcome of the forthcoming consultation on the details of the measures to end exploitative zero hours contracts. We have considered international ex...
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