https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/black-workers-50-per-cent-more-likely-to-be-employed-on-exploitative-zero-hour-contracts-than-white-workers-tuc-reveals

BLACK workers are more than 50 per cent more likely to be employed on exploitative zero-hour contracts than white workers, new TUC analysis reveals.

The union body published the research showing how black workers are bearing the brunt of insecure work today as delegates gather for TUC black workers’ conference.

The analysis also found that nearly four in 10 BME (black and minority ethnic) workers are also at risk of unfair dismissal, due to having been with their employer for less than two years.

Black workers are also overrepresented in four of the five occupations with the highest number of workers on zero-hours contracts.

This is most stark in social care, where one in 15 is employed, compared to one in 50 white workers.

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