Critics of the legislation want the government to water it down, but for many employees change can’t come too soon When Seamus Foley took a job on a zero-hours contract at a board games bar in London two years ago, the flexibility it offered was appealing. Now, it is a deal so bad he is prepared to walk out on strike. “It’s exhausting. You’re constantly living your life on the back foot,” says the employee at Draughts , which has bars in Stratford and Waterloo. There, workers fed up with last-minute rota changes and a lack of basic protections are staging industrial action. Continue reading...