Yes, sir Spartacus
The Guardian says :
....It’s only fair to say that some employees are content to be on
zero-hours contracts. Some students, for example, want to combine work
with study and are willing to turn up when summoned. That’s also true of
older workers topping up their pensions with a bit of irregular,
part-time work.
That said, there is an early 19th-century feel to
zero-hours contracts. It is as though Britain has gone back to the
future, returned to an age where the employer had the whip hand and
where the rights that workers enjoyed under the feudal system had been
removed...