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    Zero-hours contracts 'more widespread than thought'

    Healthcare workers in the UK

    Zero-hours contracts are found mostly in the healthcare, education and hospitality industries

    More than a million UK workers are on zero-hours contracts with no guarantees of shifts or work

    patterns - four times official estimates, research suggests.

    A survey of 1,000 employers by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

    indicated 3-4% of the whole workforce were on such contracts.

    Some 14% of affected staff could not earn a basic standard of living.

    A review of the contracts by Business Secretary Vince Cable is already under way, amid union

    calls to ban them.

    Under zero-hours contracts employees agree to be available for work as and when it is required.

    Figures from the Office for National Statistics last week suggested 250,000 workers were on

    zero-hours contracts.

    The news emerged as it was reported that part-time staff at retailer Sports Direct and a number

    of London councils were among those employed on such terms.

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