153 Exclusivity terms unenforceable in zero hours contracts
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (2015 c 26) | Legislation

Exclusivity in Zero Hours Contracts

153  Exclusivity terms unenforceable in zero hours contracts

(1)     The Employment Rights Act 1996 is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 27 insert—

“Part 2A
Zero Hours Workers
27A Exclusivity terms unenforceable in zero hours contracts

(1)     In this section “zero hours contract” means a contract of employment or other worker's contract under which—

(a)     the undertaking to do or perform work or services is an undertaking to do so conditionally on the employer making work or services available to the worker, and

(b)     there is no certainty that any such work or services will be made available to the worker.

(2)     For this purpose, an employer makes work or services available to a worker if the employer requests or requires the worker to do the work or perform the services.

(3)     Any provision of a zero hours contract which—

(a)     prohibits the worker from doing work or performing services under another

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