Summary

This article contains estimates of the number of people in employment on contracts where they are not guaranteed any hours in a given week, also known as “zero hours contracts”. It comprises the latest figures from the Labour Force Survey for the period October to December 2016. Updated estimates from the business survey, relating to November 2016, will be published as part of the regular update of the ‘Contracts that do not guarantee a minimum number of hours’ report in May 2017.

Publications

• People in employment on a zero-hours contract: Mar 2017

  Estimates of the number of people in employment in the UK on contracts where they are not guaranteed any hours in a given week, also known as "zero hours contracts". This article comprises the latest figures from the Labour Force Survey for the period October to December 2016.

Data

• Labour Force Survey: Zero-hours contracts data tables

  Data tables for characteristics of people in employment on zero-hours contracts.

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