Zero hours reforms risk increasing employment costs while cutting jobs for young people, CIPD consultation response warns

Published byCIPD26 Aug 2026|OpinionZero hours reforms risk increasing employment costs while cutting jobs for young people, CIPD consultation response warns New CIPD data shows that many organisations expect to make redundancies and increase the use of temporary and self-employed staff unless changes are made to planned reforms Complex new rights for zero and short hours contract workers risk increasing employment costs and employers’ reliance on temporary workers, the CIPD has warned in i