zero-hours
Shift-by-shift employment
Zero-hours describes employment contracts that guarantee no minimum working hours.
Employers call workers in as needed, offering flexibility but no income security.
Workers on zero-hours contracts may be sent home early or given no shifts at all: She's been on a zero-hours contract for two years with unpredictable pay.
Primarily British usage.
Relaxed and informal
- on-callAvailable when summoned
- temporaryLimited in duration
- part-timeLimited work schedule
- gigShort-term paid work
freelance · seasonal · intermittent · shift · staffing · workforce · hire · recruit
Uncertainty about oneself
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
anxiety · exploitation · unfairness · inequality · risk · poverty · hardship · stress
Judgment of faults
- debateFormal argument on issues
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
unions · rights · activism · protest · lobbying · ethics · scrutiny · backlash
Prone to fluctuation
- adjustableAble to be changed
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
fluctuating · sporadic · erratic · inconsistent · last-minute · cancellation · notice · workload
casual
Relaxed and informal
gig · freelance · seasonal · intermittent · shift · staffing · workforce · hire · recruit · jobseeker
insecurity
Uncertainty about oneself
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
unpredictability · anxiety · exploitation · unfairness · inequality · risk · poverty · hardship · stress · financial
criticism
Judgment of faults
- debateFormal argument on issues
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
regulation · unions · rights · activism · protest · lobbying · ethics · scrutiny · backlash · dispute
variable
Prone to fluctuation
- adjustableAble to be changed
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
unpredictable · fluctuating · sporadic · erratic · inconsistent · last-minute · cancellation · notice · workload · roster
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
zero-hourssalaried
Paid fixed regular amount
permanent · full-time · tenured · regular hours · nine-to-five
zero-hourspermanent contract
Employment with no set endpoint
open-ended contract · unionized · pensionable · collective agreement