zero-hours

Adjective

Meaning

zero-hours (not comparable)

(UK) Relating to a zero-hour contract or employment.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Any meaningful workforce strategy for social care must address the sector’s endemic low pay, with a median average hourly rate of £8.10 last March and 24% of care workers on zero-hours contracts. Source: Internet

Corbyn’s promise to get rid of zero-hours contracts is great. Source: Internet

She talked about the insecurity of zero-hours work, saying: "We're seeing a shift back to the days of the dock worker turning up to the dock to see if there was work to do that day." Source: Internet

‘Britain has greater numbers of workers on precarious zero-hours contracts.’ Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

zero-g zero-grazed zero-hour contract zero-hours contract zero-knowledge zero-knowledge proof