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Zero-hour contract

Under this type of contract the workers are not entitled to any minimum number of hours of work. While it may be advantageous for certain categories of employees (access to the labour market, short working hours may be useful for students), it has some disadvantages:

  • Little job security.
  • No predictable and regular working hours. In extreme cases workers do not work at all for long periods.
  • Low wages and high income insecurity.
  • No key benefits, e.g. pensions and health insurance.
  • Work dissatisfaction


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