ONS estimate close to 1.4m on Zero Hours contracts

Posted By: Dean Morris

Thursday 1st May 2014

A report from the ONS has estimated that there are 1.4m UK workers employed on contracts that do not guarantee minimum hours. The ONS said that most of the contracts it identified were zero-hours, under which people are not guaranteed work from one week to the next. Previously, the ONS had estimated that were 582,935 workers employed on such contracts. The study found that more than 20% of health and social workers are employed on a zero-hours contracts. The study has led to calls for a curb on the contracts from unions and politicians, however, Neil Carberry, director for employment and skills at the CBI, said: "Arbitrary attacks on the existence of flexible contracts would cost jobs and damage growth."

The Guardian, Page: 1, 6   Financial Times, Page: 2

 

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