Fast-food chain makes move after staff complained they were struggling to get loans, mortgages and phone contractsMcDonald’s is to offer 115,000 UK workers on controversial zero-hours contracts the option of moving to fixed contracts with a minimum number of guaranteed hours every week. The move is a significant development in the debate about employee rights because McDonald’s is one of the biggest users of zero-hours contracts in the country. The TUC has called for the government to ban zero-hours contracts. McDonald’s has defended zero-hours contracts in the past, saying they offer flexibility to workers. Every party manifesto must have real commitments to crack down on zero-hours contracts and bogus self-employment.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2017 17:24 UTC