With all respect, I think you've misunderstood something that this person has told you. the situation you describe doesn't seem possible. How for example would an employer calculate 'holiday entitlement' if you were not contracted to do work ANY hours :shrug:
If they are casual (or truly 'zero...
Not quite the same thing contract wise, (I was employed via an agency, rather than directly, under a ZH contract) but I spent a year after college, working for a council's parks and gardens dept and was in a situation like this. You'd get told Friday afternoon that you had five days work the...