A higher proportion of black and ethnic minority workers (4.3%) are on zero-hours contracts than their white colleagues (3%) an analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics has shown.
The analysis also found that black women are almost twice as likely to be on zero-hours contracts when compared to white men. The authors of the analysis, the TUC, stated that these results show “structural racism in action”.
As a result of these findings, there have been increased demands to ban zero-hours contracts in the “Employment Bill” which is currently in its second reading in the House of Commons.
