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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#FDFDFD;border-collapse:collapse;z-index:auto'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;z-index:auto'><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #505050 4.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=154 height=114 id=C2EF8BAF-5E99-4599-96CF-12EBCEDB4FE4 src="cid:49E76C26-B236-449B-8CD0-77583B3EAAE5@cable.virginmedia.net"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-bottom:solid #505050 4.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><i><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'>Re-regulating Zero Hours Contracts: </span></i></b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><i><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'>A New IER Publication</span></i><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;z-index:auto'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;min-height: 18px'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'>Dear IER Supporter,<br><br><b>With a ban on exclusivity clauses included in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, and a consultation on how to prevent employers from avoiding it, the regulation of Zero Hours Contracts has been in the news. However, the abolition of exclusivity clauses is a red-herring. This superficial reform will do little to amend the exploitation of workers on ZHCs, argue Simon Deakin and Zoe Adams in <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/re-regulating-zero-hours-contracts"><i>Re-Regulating Zero Hours Contracts</i></a><i> </i>a new publication from IER.</b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'>Zero hours contracts are highly profitable for employers, but lead to insecurity of income, and low pay for workers. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'>The authors argue that the rise of ZHCs is largely the result of deliberate policy decisions that have undermined the standard employment contract and allowed precarious work to spread. Tax law, the legal framework of public procurement, and social security all reinforce the employment law which encourages the proliferation of ZHCs.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#632424'>As such the debate desperately needs to move beyond exclusivity contracts. The authors propose several reforms based on European examples, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#632423;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A change in the statutory definition of continuity</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#632423;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A right to regular work and income</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#632423;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An end to using the social security and tax systems to subsidise low-hours employment.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#632423;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A revision of the public procurement process</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#632423;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A new role for collective bargaining</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#632423'>The publication</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'> <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/re-regulating-zero-hours-contracts">Re-regulating Zero Hours Contracts</a> <span style='color:#632423'>is available now.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-top:solid #909090 2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><tr><td colspan=2 style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div><p 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