Yes

Zero hour contracts are not the problem. It's the misuse of zero hour contracts to circumvent tax, legal, health and safety, and welfare responsibilities. It is a flexible form of employment, and intended to cover work within the gig economy. Misuse in fast food and retail sectors can be curbed by retroactively granting part or full time employment rights when there is demonstrable evidence of continuous engagement and reliance on an individual zero hour worker for the business to function. This decision does not need to be handled via traditional court pathways, it will use payroll information and pattern detection instead. Employers are automatically notified when an employee is working to a regularised schedule on a zero hours contract. They have an opportunity to notify the government of unintended reliance on zero hours workers, and a framework to calculate the hidden cost to the individual in each incident. This fast tracks compensation while limiting duration of exploitation, whether intended or unintended. A refusal to settle leads to a financial investigation, and legal action on a per case basis.