The number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom was 770,000 in 2023, compared with 796,00 in 2022. This type of work contract requires employees to work irregular hours at short notice, depending on the demands of their employers and has proven increasingly popular in recent years, with 159,000 more people working on-call in 2023 than there were in 2013.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 15, 2023). Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Chart. August 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2023 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of On-call Employees in The United Kingdom from 2013 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2023 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/ (last visited July 03, 2024)
Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/