Brendan Burchell

Brendan Burchell is head of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Job Insecurity and work intensification; flexibility and the changing boundaries of work and New forms and new patterns of employment: The role of self-employment in the UK.

What Dave, Vince and Ed don’t tell you about zero-hours contracts

Zero-hours contracts have existed for decades, so why are they suddenly a hot topic? Instead we need policies that tackle the wider problems of employer control and working-time insecurity.

By Alex J. Wood and Brendan Burchell

/ 14 Apr 2015