Descripción de la tarea
Traduce el siguiente texto sobre una nueva novedad laboral introducida recientemente en el Reino Unido.
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As many as 5.5 million Britons could be signed up to work contracts that promise them less than three hours of work a week, five times more than existing estimates, new figures suggest.
A survey of 5,000 members of Unite, Britain's biggest union representing more than 1 million people, found that 22% of workers employed by private businesses had deals that offered little or no guarantee of work and pay.
Across the entire UK workforce, the figures suggest millions could be employed on zero-hours contracts, which often provide no holiday or sick pay but can leave employees having to ask permission before seeking additional work elsewhere.
The Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, said: "The government's refusal to address the growing scandal of zero-hours contracts is creating a sub-class of insecure and low-paid employment."
The Trades Union Congress will debate the issue on Sunday as unions pile pressure on the government for change. Vince Cable, the business secretary, is undertaking a review of zero-hours contracts for the government which is due by the end of this year. He has said that new legislation could be introduced but his inquiry has already been branded inadequate by Labour.
Texto extraído de The Guardian