The number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom was 813,000 in 2024, compared with 776,000 in 2023. 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 recently, with 202,000 more people working on-call in 2023 than there were in 2013.
Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2024
(in 1,000s)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 13, 2024). Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 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 2024 (in 1,000s)." Chart. August 13, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2024). Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2024 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 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 2024 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Aug 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 2024 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of on-call employees in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/415871/number-of-employees-working-on-call-uk/