This statistic shows the number of employees on zero-hour contracts who worked no hours in a previous week in the United Kingdom between 2014 and 2019. Between 2014 and 2019 the number of zero-hours contract holders who didn't work rose from 88 thousand to 143 thousand.
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Number of employees on zero-hours contracts who did not work any hours in reference week in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2019
(in 1,000s)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 12, 2019). Number of employees on zero-hours contracts who did not work any hours in reference week in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/407871/no-hours-worked-on-zero-hour-contracts-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of employees on zero-hours contracts who did not work any hours in reference week in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Chart. August 12, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/407871/no-hours-worked-on-zero-hour-contracts-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2019). Number of employees on zero-hours contracts who did not work any hours in reference week in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/407871/no-hours-worked-on-zero-hour-contracts-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Employees on Zero-hours Contracts Who Did Not Work Any Hours in Reference Week in The United Kingdom from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/407871/no-hours-worked-on-zero-hour-contracts-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of employees on zero-hours contracts who did not work any hours in reference week in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/407871/no-hours-worked-on-zero-hour-contracts-great-britain/ (last visited July 06, 2025)
Number of employees on zero-hours contracts who did not work any hours in reference week in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 12, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/407871/no-hours-worked-on-zero-hour-contracts-great-britain/
