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zero-hour contracts

zero-hour contracts is the plural of zero-hour contract.

Meaning of zero-hour contract

Noun

zero-hour contract (plural zero-hour contracts)

  1. (UK) A contract of employment that creates an on-call arrangement in which the employee agrees to be available for work as and when required, without any particular number of hours or times of work being specified or guaranteed.
    • But being on a zero-hour contract meant there was no way to defend himself when things took a turn for the worse.2017 March 27, Martin Williams, “The bullying and fear at the heart of zero-hour contracts”, in The Guardian

Questions about zero-hour contracts

What is zero-hour contracts the plural of?
Zero-hour contracts is the plural of zero-hour contract.

Words near zero-hour contracts in the dictionary

  1. zero-grade
  2. zero-grades
  3. zero-gravity
  4. zero-grazed
  5. zero-hour contract
  6. zero-hour contracts
  7. zero-hours
  8. zero-hours contract
  9. zero-hours contracts
  10. zero-knowledge
  11. zero-knowledge proof

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