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zero-hours contract

zero-hours contract is the alternative form 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

Forms of zero-hours contract

pluralzero-hours contracts

Questions about zero-hours contract

What is zero-hours contract the alternative form of?
Zero-hours contract is the alternative form of zero-hour contract.

Words near zero-hours contract in the dictionary

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

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