(England & Wales)
Create your zero hours contract with flexible working terms, pay rates, holiday entitlement, exclusivity clauses, and statutory rights.
Professionally drafted — structured following the Employment Rights Act 1996 and Working Time Regulations 1998 for England and Wales.
Download a professionally drafted zero hours contract template for UK employers. Also known as a casual worker agreement, zero hour agreement, or flexible hours contract. Covers no guaranteed hours clause, right to refuse work, pay rate and National Minimum Wage, holiday pay calculation at 12.07%, exclusivity ban provisions, Working Time Regulations rest breaks, Statutory Sick Pay, pension auto-enrolment, confidentiality, intellectual property, GDPR data protection, notice periods, and proper execution. Structured following Employment Rights Act 1996, Working Time Regulations 1998, and Employment Rights Act 2025 for England and Wales. Suitable for hospitality, retail, care, events, warehousing, and education sectors. Updated for April 2026 employment law changes including day-one SSP rights.
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Protect your business and workers with clear terms on flexible work, pay rights, and statutory protections
Zero hours contracts provide workforce flexibility without guaranteed hours — ideal for businesses with fluctuating demand like hospitality, retail, and events.
Structured following Employment Rights Act 1996, Working Time Regulations 1998, and the 2015 exclusivity ban provisions.
Balances flexibility with statutory rights including holiday pay, minimum wage, rest breaks, and protection from discrimination.
A zero hours contract must include a no guaranteed hours clause, the worker's right to refuse shifts, pay rate at or above National Minimum Wage, holiday pay at 12.07% of hours worked, the exclusivity ban confirmation required since 2015, and Working Time Regulations rest break provisions.
A comprehensive Zero Hours Contract should clearly define:
Our contract is professionally drafted and includes all essential clauses for UK requirements.
Without a written zero hours contract, employers risk tribunal claims for employee status reclassification, backdated holiday pay awards of up to 8 years, HMRC penalties of up to 200% for minimum wage violations, and intellectual property ownership disputes.
Holiday pay calculation errors, misclassification of employment status, failure to pay for training time, unlawful deductions, discrimination claims for shift allocation, and disputes over notice periods. These claims cost UK businesses significantly each year.
Our zero hours contract template includes no guaranteed hours clause, right to refuse work, exclusivity ban confirmation, pay rate and National Minimum Wage terms, holiday pay at 12.07%, SSP entitlement, pension auto-enrolment, confidentiality, IP assignment, GDPR provisions, and proper execution blocks.
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Related documents: Many employers also need a Employment Contract for permanent staff, an Employee Handbook, and Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures.
Critical zero hours contract mistakes include including illegal exclusivity clauses, wrong holiday pay calculations, misclassifying workers as self-employed, failing to provide written terms on day one, not paying for mandatory training time, and ignoring pension auto-enrolment obligations.
Our contract helps avoid these costly mistakes with professionally drafted, business-ready terms.
Print two copies — one for you, one for the worker. Both parties should sign and date the contract. Give the worker their copy on or before their first day of work (this is a legal requirement since April 2020). Keep your signed copy in a secure personnel file.
Yes. When completed and signed correctly, this creates a recognised legal document under UK employment law.
Our template is structured following Employment Rights Act 1996, Working Time Regulations 1998, and includes the legally required provisions since the 2015 exclusivity ban.
Zero hours contracts are widely used across the UK to engage flexible workers without guaranteed hours.
Employment solicitors typically charge £300 to £1,500+ for a bespoke zero hours contract, depending on the complexity of your arrangements and number of variations needed.
Our template is £20 one-time and provides a professionally drafted framework covering all standard clauses. Many businesses complete without additional legal costs. Consider solicitor review for complex multi-site operations or unusual working arrangements.
Many businesses complete standard zero hours contracts without one. Our template includes step-by-step guidance, all standard clauses, and professional formatting.
Consider solicitor review for complex circumstances or if you operate across multiple jurisdictions.
They're essentially the same document — "casual worker agreement" is an alternative name for a zero hours contract. Both establish a flexible working arrangement with no guaranteed hours where the worker has the right to refuse shifts.
The key distinction is between workers (zero hours) and employees (permanent contracts). Zero hours workers retain statutory rights including holiday pay, minimum wage, and rest breaks, but don't typically get unfair dismissal protection or redundancy pay until qualifying periods are met.
No. Exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts have been illegal since May 2015.
Workers must be free to work for other employers. Including such clauses can trigger penalties and potential employment tribunal claims.
Our template includes the legally required confirmation that workers can work elsewhere.
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