[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Funited-kingdom-strong-increase-in-zero-hours-contracts-september-04-2015":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},10420,"united-kingdom-strong-increase-in-zero-hours-contracts-september-04-2015","United Kingdom -Strong increase in zero hours contracts -September 04, 2015",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Funited-kingdom-strong-increase-in-zero-hours-contracts-september-04-2015","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:19:54.468422+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F10420\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2015",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Funited-kingdom-strong-increase-in-zero-hours-contracts-september-04-2015\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:24:26.625612+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>Data from the Office for National Statistics reveal that the number of workers on zero-hours contracts has risen to 744,000 (an increase with 19% in one year). The ONS also found that 40% of those on such contracts wanted to work more hours than they were offered, suggesting that seven years after the financial crash many employers are still operating below their capacity. Research has shown that workers on zero-hours contracts earn less per hour than staff in similar roles and are denied benefits such as sick pay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fuk-news\u002F2015\u002Fsep\u002F02\u002Fnumber-of-workers-on-zero-hours-contracts-up-by-19\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fuk-news\u002F2015\u002Fsep\u002F02\u002Fnumber-of-workers … \u003C\u002Fa>  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ons.gov.uk\u002Fons\u002Frel\u002Flmac\u002Fcontracts-with-no-guaranteed-hours\u002Femployee-contracts-that-do-not-guarantee-a-minimum-number-of-hours--2015-update-\u002Femployee-contracts-that-do-not-guarantee-a-minimum-number-of-hours--2015-update.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ons.gov.uk\u002Fons\u002Frel\u002Flmac\u002Fcontracts-with-no-guaranteed-hours … \u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> please visit \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]