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About 1.4 million workers on zero-hour contracts, ONS says UK firms use 1.4 million zero-hour contracts, ONS says
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About 1.4 million people are employed on zero-hours contracts in the UK, a study from the Office for National Statistics has found. Nearly half of big companies in the UK use a total of 1.4 million zero-hours contracts, a study from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says.
Zero-hours contracts do not guarantee a minimum number of hours of employment.Zero-hours contracts do not guarantee a minimum number of hours of employment.
The figure is almost three times higher than the most recent employment data compiled by the ONS for the last three months of 2013. The ONS recently estimated 583,000 individuals were employed on such contracts between October and December last year.
More than one in five health and social work employers are employed on contacts which lack guaranteed hours. That was equivalent to 2% of the UK workforce.
But zero hours contracts are rare in financial services, the ONS found. The ONS study also found over one in five health and social workers are employed on zero-hours contacts.
But zero-hours contracts are rare in financial services, the ONS found.