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Labour's plan to outlaw zero-hours contracts is a 'blunt tool' that would be unpopular with business as well as many workers, a new study has found.
The Resolution Foundation think-tank said three-quarters of employers use 'flexible' contracts - including zero-hours as well as variable-hours and temporary staff - to help manage ups and downs in customer demand.
These can help keep costs down, firms argue, reducing prices for consumers.
And such contracts may also be popular among some workers, with a third of employers say that their staff prefer this type of arrangement.
But they can also result in lower wages and smaller pensions as well as bringing 'insecurity and volatility', the report found.
Labour's plan to outlaw zero-hours contracts is a 'blunt tool' that would be unpopular with business as well as many workers, a new study has found
The think-tank backed the idea of some form of 'new rights to give workers a meaningful choice over their working arrangements' but warned against outlawing such contracts entirely.
'A blunt tool like outright bans would prove unpopular for many firms, and to a substantial subset of workers too, who continue to benefit from these contract types,' it said.
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