Zero hours describes an agreement with no guaranteed work at all. A zero hours contract, work zero hours.
The flexibility runs one way in practice, since refusing shifts usually means being offered fewer. Zero hours arrangements make a mortgage nearly impossible to get, whatever the earnings.
1adjectivezero hoursAn agreement with no guaranteed work at all.
“He was on zero hours for two years and never knew the month's income.”
zero hours is a quality.
Practised in Work & Careers