article_snippet.sent: Tory Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith came under fire today after suggesting that zero-hours contracts should be re-named 'flexible hours'.
article_snippet.sent: Tory Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith came under fire today after suggesting that zero-hours contracts should be re-named 'flexible hours' In a TV interview Tory Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith Tory Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith said that zero-hours contracts were 'wrongly named'.
article_snippet.sent: Instead of acknowledging the worrying growth of zero-hours contracts in our economy, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions today chose to defend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – arguing this morning that we should simply rename the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions as flexible hours contracts. '
article_snippet.sent: Iain Duncan Smith has tried today to rename zero-hours contracts as 'flexible contracts'.
article_snippet.sent: But as 'zero-hours contracts' is a bit of a mouthful, perhaps we could call them 'IDS jobs' in the future.'
article_snippet.sent: Instead of acknowledging the worrying growth of zero-hours contracts in our economy, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions today chose to defend Work and Pensions – arguing this morning that we should simply rename Work and Pensions as flexible hours contracts.