Labour MPs employing staff on casual contracts

IPSA holds the information that you request.

You requested information on ‘zero-hours contracts’. We do not use this term. The information we hold relates to MPs who employ staff on casual contracts and who are therefore paid an hourly rate rather than an annual salary. MPs must employ staff on contracts and within pay ranges set by IPSA. It is for MPs themselves to determine the number of hours each staff member is contracted to work. All such arrangements must comply with the MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses.

As you have requested, we have excluded from our figures any employees who are on maternity leave, who are on long-term sick leave and who have left employment. As such, as of 5 December 2014, 37 Labour MPs employed staff on such a basis.