Workers on such contracts are on call to work but can be given no hours and, as a result, no pay.
You can navigate that last minute call from work on your way home.
On starting his course three years ago, his ambition was to work on a big blockbuster title like Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto - but now he's more interested in becoming an indie games producer and join the the "bedroom developer" revolution.
As the company retools its DNA, Zuckerberg said on the call that Facebook still has its work cut out for them.
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On one call, several freelancers specifically noted that they work full-time hours.
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"This represents a way forward which could benefit all concerned, and we call on all those involved in the debate to work together to develop it on a self-regulatory basis, " he added.
It's a state of being, and like a doctor who delivers babies, I'm on call all the time because that's the kind of work this is.
Whatever you call it, fans loved Stelter's work on TVNewser.
James Purnell's surprise resignation as work and pensions secretary on Thursday came with a call for Mr Brown to "stand aside to give our party a fighting chance of winning".
So for example, you would be able to get a phone call on one number and have it ring only on your work number at certain times but your Skype number at other times.
Certainly, Research In Motion says that they are on the brink of developing the technology for what they call a work-around, in other words, saying even if this gets blacked out under the court order, BlackBerry users would not be technologically hampered.
If you work independently or in a small office, call on a customer or vendor.
They average 58 hours of work a week, and almost a third are on call on Sundays.
Not content with retirement she is working on an entirely new work of fiction, which "you could call a novel, " but does not feature her famous detective Adam Dalgliesh.
We not only had to work our full-time hours, but I was on-call after hours 20-25 nights every month.
His sophomore year, a call from billionaire Mark Cuban was enough to convince him to work on his dorm room project full time.
One by one, a half dozen employees, who call themselves Googlers, walked on stage and demonstrated how they are putting to work the degrees they have earned at top universities to help Google improve some of its most popular products.
On the conference call this morning, Crooke argued that the data indicated that Affinitak did work, though not as well as expected.
It means doctors can no longer work the hours they used to - either pacing the wards or on call - and so it is just not possible in a day-and-age when money is tight to employ all the new medics needed to staff specialist services in each hospital.
That's because the Tigers have assembled such an impressive body of work on the way to 13 wins against zero losses that they could reasonably call themselves No. 1 even if they drop the title game.
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Mr Hussain said he would have to call her every morning after he finished work, but could not contact her on the day she was killed, and then he heard that a mother of three had been found dead.
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On Tuesday, Laettner, Davis, Niemann and their attorneys and advisers held a conference call to work through a strategy for selling the balance, which Niemann says could take at least a year.
Mr Robinson said disorder on the streets of Northern Ireland in recent weeks was a wake up call that there was still much work to be done in building peace and stability.
Perhaps its coolest new trick is the ability to share your phone's screen with the person on the other end of the call (if they're also on a BlackBerry 10 device), so you can review work documents or enjoy photos together without having to e-mail or upload the files.
She used the business statement on 2 February 2012 to call for the beer to be "withdrawn immediately" and called for a debate on "dignity at work in Parliament".
He said health and retirement security were important components of economic security and said he would call for "the same spirit of cooperation we have applied to our war on terrorism" to the work on domestic issues.
Its unique 'Dual SIM Always on' feature allows you to receive calls on one SIM number while taking a call from the other, ensuring that you can manage both personal and work commitments without ever missing a call.
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"It'll be more maternity leave than work for the next couple of weeks, " she said, adding that she will be on call for important matters.
President George W. Bush's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform met publicly Tuesday to work on a report, now scheduled for a Nov. 1 release, that is sure to call for simplification of the U.S. tax code and the reduction or elimination of some tax breaks.
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