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Thursday 03 September 2015 5:01 amBusiness sticks up for rise in zero-hour contractsBy: Express KCSShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on Tw stanley deutschland itterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailBusiness g stanley cup roups have defended zero-hours contracts after official figures showed that the number of people on contracts with no guarantee of a minimum number of hours has increased by almost 20 per cent in the last year.According to the Office for National Statistics ONS , the number of people on zero-hours contracts as their main job has increased from 624,000 to 744,000 in the last 12 months.The figure equates to about 2.4 per cent of all people in employment, up from two per cent this time last year.These figures, which show zero hours contracts are a small proportion of the UK labour market, again illustrate that they are most common among groups where flexibility benefits both parties, said Confederation of British Industry CBI 8200;director-general John Cridland, adding, Labour market flexibility continues to be a gre stanley cup deutschland at asset to the UK economy, helping to increase the participation rate of parents ndash; women in particular ndash; and of older workers.The ONS said that women made up 54 per cent of people on zero-hours contracts in the last year.Students, who tend to take on jobs with flexible hours in order to work around class schedules, made up 20 per cent of the zero-hours workforce, the ONS said. Just three per cent of th