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'Nearly one in four unemployed adults in the UK have been offered zero-hours contracts, according to research which also shows that more than half who could have taken up a job on this basis turned it down.

The preference for no job rather than a zero-hours job is is more prevalent among older job-seekers, according to the study by global jobs and recruitment marketplace Glassdoor, while the main reasons for rejecting the offers were the need for a guaranteed level of income in order to stop receiving benefits, and lack of trust in the prospective employers.

Overall, 40% of unemployed adults said they would accept a zero-hours contract if they were offered one. By age group, this was as high as 47% among 16-24-year-olds and only 24% of those aged 55 years or older.

Zero-hours contracts allow employers to hire staff with no guarantee of work. They have attracted strong criticism from the unions who claim they are exploitative and unfair.'

How do people still think about 0hr contracts... With 1 in 4 of jobseekers now employed in this way are they sustainable and provide a secure future for workers in the UK?

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...all-unemployed