article_snippet.sent: Employers can no longer insist on ‘exclusivity’ deals which ban staff from working for other firms.
article_snippet.sent: In reality, employers may well choose to dismiss workers before employers reach 12 weeks or be reluctant to offer work in the first place. '
article_snippet.sent: ‘undermine hard work, undermining living standards, undermining family life.
article_snippet.sent: Last June the Conservative-led Government took action to ban so-called exclusivity deals which prevented people on zero-hours contracts from working elsewhere.
article_snippet.sent: Despite intense lobbying by Labour MEPs and the party’s trade union paymasters, Brussels has opted to stay out of the row.
article_snippet.sent: Brussels insists only that workers should not work more hours than permitted by the Working Time Directive and should be entitled to any holiday rights workers have accrued.
highlights_snippet.sent: Employers and legal experts said his crackdown would cost scores of jobs; .
  