zero hours
Unpredictable work schedule
Zero hours describes a type of employment contract that guarantees no minimum working hours.
The employer offers shifts as needed; the worker can accept or decline.
Common in retail, hospitality, and gig economy jobs, zero-hours contracts provide flexibility but no income security: She's been on zero hours for six months and can't get a mortgage.
Uncertainty about oneself
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
vulnerable · precariousness · fluctuation · unreliable · irregular · sporadic · inconsistent · variable
Given inadequate wages
- overworkedLaboring beyond healthy limits
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
manipulation · coercion · low wages · no benefits · wage theft · labor rights · worker rights · unionization
Self-employed service provider
- side hustleSecondary income venture
- gig workerOn-demand independent contractor
- independent contractorSelf-employed person hired temporarily
- casual workerIrregularly employed person
agency work · Deliveroo · Uber · courier · warehouse · hospitality · retail · cleaning
Able to adjust readily
- adjustableAble to be changed
- accommodatingWilling to help others
- work-life balanceManaging career and home
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
self-scheduling · supplemental income · moonlighting · opt-in · voluntary · choice · freedom
insecurity
Uncertainty about oneself
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
uncertainty · vulnerable · precariousness · fluctuation · unreliable · irregular · sporadic · inconsistent · variable · casual
underpaid
Given inadequate wages
- overworkedLaboring beyond healthy limits
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
abuse · manipulation · coercion · low wages · no benefits · wage theft · labor rights · worker rights · unionization · collective bargaining
freelancer
Self-employed service provider
- side hustleSecondary income venture
- gig workerOn-demand independent contractor
- independent contractorSelf-employed person hired temporarily
casual worker · agency work · Deliveroo · Uber · courier · warehouse · hospitality · retail · cleaning · seasonal
adaptable
Able to adjust readily
- adjustableAble to be changed
- accommodatingWilling to help others
- work-life balanceManaging career and home
autonomy · self-scheduling · supplemental income · moonlighting · opt-in · voluntary · choice · freedom
- UK Employmentemployee rights, redundancy, maternity leave, paternity leave, sick pay
- social issuesinequality, racism, poverty, illiteracy, homelessness
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- UK Benefitshousing benefit, child benefit, income support, child tax credit, state pension
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zero hourspermanent contract
Employment with no set endpoint
full-time employment · permanent employment · open-ended contract