THREE in four managers have backed a ban on zero-hours contracts and the mandatory publication of ethnicity and disability pay gaps in Labour’s New Deal for Working People.

The polling by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) also showed more than four in five bosses said granting workers fundamental day-one rights was important.

Eight in 10 managers said they believed workers’ rights should be a top priority in national policies, while 83 per cent said such changes can positively impact workplace productivity, the research found.