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Article title

Latest comment: 7 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Shouldn't this article properly be called "Zero-hours contract" (with an s) rather than "Zero-hour contract"? Chris Fynn (talk) 21:37, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

That seems to be the normal form. William Avery (talk) 09:08, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Outside the United Kingdom

Latest comment: 9 years ago6 comments4 people in discussion

I am at a loss as to whether zero-hour contracts are in use anywhere outside the United Kingdom and what they might be called. In the United States people are often on call, and might lose their jobs if they don't respond, but I'm not sure anyone would be required to not accept other employment. I guess the question is whether the contracts are possible, but not used, or used but under some other name, or possibly with no name. User:Fred Bauder Talk 12:59, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

I have decided this subject, as least as titled in this way, is an artifact of British law and language, not that analogous situations do not exist in other countries, but that is not what they are called. User:Fred Bauder Talk 19:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

The article is good, but very repetitive. Huw Powell (talk) 02:11, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Hammering it home... User:Fred Bauder Talk 11:04, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

As a student, I had a commission only contract -which seems not dissimilar ..& financially disastrous. I'm at a loss to understand what consideration there is in either case. JRPG (talk) 12:58, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

This is usually referred to as 'part-time' work in the United States. See: this article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.28.133.129 (talk) 17:01, 25 February 2015 (UTC)