Legislation – Employment Rights Act 2025

“Chapter 7General

27BZ2Interpretation

(1)

In this Part—

“agency worker” has the meaning given by section 27BV;

“arrangement” (when used by itself and not as part of the expression “zero hours arrangement”) means an arrangement (whether contractual or non-contractual) other than a worker’s contract;

“specified” means specified in, or determined in accordance with, regulations made by the Secretary of State;

“work-finding agency” has the meaning given by section 27BV;

“zero hours arrangement” means an arrangement under which—

(a)

an employer and an individual agree terms on which the individual will do any work where the employer makes it available to the individual and the individual agrees to do it, but

(b)

the employer is not required to make any work available to the individual, nor the individual required to accept it,

and in this Part “employer”, in relation to a zero hours arrangement, is to be read accordingly;

“zero hours contract” means a contract of employment or other worker’s contract under which—

(a)

the undertaking to do work is an undertaking to do so conditionally on the employer making work available to the worker, and

(b)

there is no certainty that any such work will be made available to the worker.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part—

(a)

a person who is, or is treated as, an employer makes work available to a worker or other individual if they request or require the individual to do it;

(b)

references to work and doing work include references to services and performing them.

27BZ3Regulations

(1)

Regulations under this Part may—

(a)

make different provision for different purposes;

(b)

make provision subject to exceptions.

(2)

Regulations under this Part may provide that a reference in the regulations to a provision of legislation is to be read as a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.”