You are right. The following countries [1] (2016): Austria Belgium Czech Rep Estonia France Lithuania Luxemburg Since 2016, it has been banned in: Hungary Ire

You are right. The following countries [1] (2016): Austria Belgium Czech Rep Estonia France Lithuania Luxemburg Since 2016, it has been banned in: Hungary Ireland Zero-hour employment contracts are heavily regulated in: Germany Italy Netherlands Slovakia So yeah, it is not banned everywhere (or allowed in certain professions only), but in 70% of the EU. [1]: https://fullfact.org/law/zero-hours-contracts-uk-europe https://fullfact.org/law/zero-hours-contracts-uk-europe