Barbara Keeley is one of 68 MPs named by The Sun Nation article, which includes Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell.
The Worsley and Eccles South MP categorically denies employing anyone on a zero-hours contract.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has made it part of his key election pledges to end exploitative zero-hours contracts, giving workers the legal right to a regular contract after they have worked for just 12 weeks.
The Institute of Directors, along with the CBI, say these kinds of insecure contracts, where firms can offer staff anything from zero to 40 hours work a week, are good for business.
There is little consensus on what zero-hours contracts actually are.
The ONS estimates around 700,000 workers a year – although the data only comes from those who self-refer, rather than from an independent count.
A December FOI request to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) shows the body uses the term ‘casual contracts’ instead of ‘zero hours’.
Ms Keeley said one worker was employed on a casual contract for a number of months to deal with peaks in casework.
Barbara Keeley said: “The report on this employment situation is totally inaccurate.
“I did not employ anyone on a zero-hours contract and I would not do so.
“The organisation which employs MPs staff is IPSA.
“I needed someone to work for me on a short-term basis to cover a staff member who was on compassionate leave in early 2013.
“I did this by employing an experienced caseworker to work remotely from my office to handle peaks of casework.
“IPSA handle this sort of employment situation on the basis of casual contracts.
“These are not zero-hours contracts. It is similar to the employment of bank nurses or supply teachers.”
Image: Barbara Keeley at an MND Association campaign launch via Flickr
