employmentem‧ploy‧ment /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [uncountable] 
She was offered employment in the sales office. terms and conditions of employmentemployment opportunities/prospects The employment prospects for science graduates are excellent. Steve’s still looking for full-time employment. the needs of women who combine paid employment and care for their familiesin employment 21.7% of all those in employment were in part-time jobs.► see thesaurus at job2the act of paying someone to work for youemployment of Mexican law prohibits the employment of children under 14.3the number of people who have jobs OPP unemployment: Nationwide employment now stands at 95%.full employment (=a situation in which everyone has a job) Many economists consider full employment an unrealistic goal.4formal the use of a particular object, method, skill etc to achieve somethingemployment of Was the employment of force justified?COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1, 2 & 3adjectivespaid employment (=a job for which you receive money)· 51% of women return to paid employment within 5 years of having a child.full-time/part-time employment· Mike is in full-time employment, but his wife is not working.permanent/temporary employment· university graduates entering permanent employment for the first timelong-term/regular employment (=working for the same company for a long time)· She finally found regular employment at a hospital in York.continuous employment (=working all the time, without any periods being unemployed)· You can join the pension scheme after two years of continuous employment with the company.verbsgive/offer somebody employment· He was offered employment in the company’s main office.provide employment (=offer jobs to people)· The new power station will provide employment for around 400 people.create employment (=make new jobs)· The government is trying to stimulate the economy and create employment.find/get employment· The men hope to find employment in the construction industry.obtain/secure employment formal (=get employment)· He found it difficult to obtain employment because of his criminal record.look for employment (also seek employment formal)· My son had to leave the farm and seek employment elsewhere.employment + NOUNemployment opportunities (=jobs that are available for people to apply for)· There are very few employment opportunities in the area.employment prospects (=someone’s chances of getting a job)· Better qualifications will improve your employment prospects.employment rights (=the rights that someone has in their job)· Part-time workers don’t have the same employment rights as full-time staff.employment levels (=the number of people employed in an area)· Employment levels in the region are above the national average.employment conditions (also conditions of employment) (=details about someone’s employment such as how much they are paid, how much holiday they get etc)· All workers have a right to a fair wage and decent conditions of employment.an employment contract (also a contract of employment) (=an official document stating the details about someone’s employment)· There is a clause in your employment contract covering holiday entitlement.employment terms (also terms of employment) (=the details about someone’s employment that are written in their employment contract, including rules that they must follow)· It’s in the terms of their employment that they can’t go on strike.phrasesloss of employment· Closure of the factory will lead to a substantial loss of employment.somebody’s place of employment formal (=the building where they work)· They had a long journey to their place of employment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A Japanese company plans to set up a factory in the area, so this should provide some employment for local people.
- Are you in full-time employment, Mr Edwards?
- How many times were you promoted during your employment at the company?
- I have not yet signed a contract of employment.
- Steve's still looking for full-time employment.
- Deviations from a state of overall full employment must be randomly distributed around a mean of zero.
- Following the end of cloth-making, the mill buildings were let out to a number of tenants, providing some employment.
- It is this extra spending which, given full employment and consequent constant number of transactions, pushes up the price level.
- Part-time employment was unchanged at 2. 07 million.
- Proposition 209 bars preferences based on race and gender in public employment, contracting and education in state and local government.
- Such training is advantageous in gaining permanent employment in the field.
- The employment commission reviewed the request and said the prevailing wage for the job was $ 59, 000 a year.
- The fact that an increasing number of women want paid employment has also placed further strain on caring arrangements.
THESAURUS
noun [countable] the regular paid work that you do for an employer: · a full-time job· John got a job in a car factory.
noun [uncountable] activities that you are paid for doing – used either when you work for an employer or when you work in your own business: · I started work when I was 18.· He graduated from college last year and is still looking for work.
noun [countable] a job for which you need special education and training: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.· Many teachers are leaving the profession.
noun [countable] formal a job, or a type of job – often used on official documents: · Please give your name, age, and occupation.· a traditionally male occupation
noun [countable] the work you do or plan to do for most of your life: · I’m interested in a career in journalism.
noun [countable] formal a particular job within an organization: · I am writing to apply for the position of technical assistant.· We regret that the position has already been filled.· Please state the position which you are applying for.
noun [countable] formal a job, especially an important one in a large organization: · She has held the post of managing director for two years.· He applied for the post of Senior Manager.
noun [countable] a job that is available for someone to do: · The hospital has been unable to fill the vacancy.· There are very few openings in scientific research.
noun [countable] an important job which someone is asked to do: · He took an appointment as US trade ambassador in Geneva.
noun [countable] a situation in which someone is sent somewhere to do a job for a period of time by the organization they work for: · This was his first posting outside the UK.· an overseas posting· His next posting took him to the Ministry of Defence.
noun [countable] a job that involves using your hands, and for which you need special training: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry and printing.
noun [uncountable] the fact of having a job: · The factory will provide employment for local people.· She was offered employment in the sales office.
Longman Language Activatora job the work that you do regularly in order to earn money, especially when you work for an employer: · My first job was in a record store.· Daniel starts his new job on Monday.· She has a well-paid job in the tax department.get a job: · Ted got a job as a bartender.find a job (=get a job after trying to get a lot of different jobs): · Her son still hasn't been able to find a job.look for a job (=try to get one): · She's looking for a job in the music business.hold a job (=have a job): · If a woman is qualified, she should hold any job in government she wants.part-time job (=when you work less than the usual number of hours each week): · I had a part-time job while I was in college.job losses/job cuts (=when a lot of people lose their jobs): · The company announced 74,000 job cuts and 21 factory closures.
work that someone does regularly to earn money, either by working for an employer or working for themselves: · My father started work when he was 14.· Most people stop work when they are 65.· I usually start work each day around 9 am and finish about 6 pm.· The work's really interesting but the pay's lousy.look for work (=to try to get work): · Lena graduated from college six months ago and she's still looking for work.find work (=to get work): · He eventually found work as a labourer on a construction site.return to work/go back to work (=to start work again after several weeks, months, or years): · Women often return to work after they have had children.· His injuries have made it impossible for him to go back to work.at work (=at the place where you work): · Her mother tried to call her at home and then at work.to work (=to the place where you work): · Alexander commutes 30 miles to work each day.after/before work (=before you start or after you finish your work each day): · They sometimes play tennis after work.
work such as law, medicine, or teaching, for which you need special training and education: · Many teachers are thinking about leaving the profession for more highly paid careers.the teaching/medical/legal etc profession: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.go into/enter a profession: · There was a big demand for accountants in the 1980s, and many graduates entered the profession at this time.
the type of work that someone usually does - used especially on official forms: · Please write your name, address, and occupation in the spaces below.· Part-time workers often work in low-paid occupations.
the general type of work that you do, such as buying and selling a particular type of thing: · In our business the first rule is that the customer is always right.· "What type of business are you in?'' "I run a catering company.''the newspaper/used-car/movie etc business: · The used-car business has a pretty bad reputation.
spoken use this to ask what someone's job is: · What does your husband do?· She used to work for an accounting firm, but I'm not sure what she does now.
a skilled job in which you use your hands to do things, such as building houses, making furniture, or repairing cars: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry or printing.· Young men and women can learn a trade in the military.be a bricklayer/carpenter etc by trade: · His father had been a bricklayer by trade.
the type of work that you do for most of your working life, which involves several similar jobs over a long period of time: · Like his father, Tommy chose a career in the Army.· Later on in his career he became first secretary at the British Embassy in Washington.· The scandal destroyed his career as a politician.career in: · I wanted to find out more about careers in publishing.
a job such as being a nurse, priest, or teacher that you do because you have a strong feeling that you want to do it, especially because you want to help people: · Nursing is hard work and often low paid, but for many people it is a vocation.· He was quite young when he decided he had a religious vocation.
the work that you do in order to earn enough money to live on or the thing that provides the work for you to do: · Most of the people here depend on tourism for their livelihood.· Fishermen are angry about the new EC fishing regulations because they feel that their livelihood is being threatened.
the type of work or job that you do: · I meet some interesting people in my line of work.· Henson had to leave real-estate, which had been his line of business since 1969.
when people work or have jobs - used especially in official documents, news reports etc: · I have not yet signed a contract of employment.· A Japanese company plans to set up a factory in the area, so this should provide some employment for local people.be in employment (=have a job): · Are you in full-time employment, Mr Edwards?
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1, 2 & 3adjectives a local housing agency rising prosperity and full employment seasonal jobs in the tourist industryCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(=a job for which you receive money)· 51% of women return to paid employment within 5 years of having a child.
· Mike is in full-time employment, but his wife is not working.
· university graduates entering permanent employment for the first time
(=working for the same company for a long time)· She finally found regular employment at a hospital in York.
(=working all the time, without any periods being unemployed)· You can join the pension scheme after two years of continuous employment with the company.
verbs· He was offered employment in the company’s main office.
(=offer jobs to people)· The new power station will provide employment for around 400 people.
(=make new jobs)· The government is trying to stimulate the economy and create employment.
· The men hope to find employment in the construction industry.
formal (=get employment)· He found it difficult to obtain employment because of his criminal record.
(also seek employment formal)· My son had to leave the farm and seek employment elsewhere.
employment + NOUN (=jobs that are available for people to apply for)· There are very few employment opportunities in the area.
(=someone’s chances of getting a job)· Better qualifications will improve your employment prospects.
(=the rights that someone has in their job)· Part-time workers don’t have the same employment rights as full-time staff.
(=the number of people employed in an area)· Employment levels in the region are above the national average.
(also conditions of employment) (=details about someone’s employment such as how much they are paid, how much holiday they get etc)· All workers have a right to a fair wage and decent conditions of employment.
(also a contract of employment) (=an official document stating the details about someone’s employment)· There is a clause in your employment contract covering holiday entitlement.
(also terms of employment) (=the details about someone’s employment that are written in their employment contract, including rules that they must follow)· It’s in the terms of their employment that they can’t go on strike.
phrases· Closure of the factory will lead to a substantial loss of employment.
formal (=the building where they work)· They had a long journey to their place of employment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a local housing agency (also an employment contract)· Make sure you fully understand your contract of employment.
(=not giving someone a job because of their race, sex etc)· Progress has been made in eliminating job discrimination.
rising prosperity and full employment formal· Please give the address of your place of work.
seasonal jobs in the tourist industry· The policy of the labour exchanges towards boys who wanted to come out of farming was to refuse them alternative employment.· Little refused the offer of the alternative employment.· The 20 members of staff were offered alternative employment but accepted redundancy payments instead.· If you are wrongfully dismissed, you should therefore seek alternative employment at the earliest opportunity.· As well as demographic trends these include such social and economic factors as alternative opportunities for employment and the supply of places.· Equally, the right to a redundancy payment is subject to the rules about offers of alternative employment mentioned above.· No alternative employment within the school or other university department could be identified.· Naturally the employee is under a duty to mitigate his loss by finding suitable alternative employment.
· The contribution of this to full employment is obvious, particularly at times when demand in the economy is generally low.· The role of Churchill in the development of full employment policy is greater than has generally been supposed.· The report was necessarily a compromise, given the opposition to a powerful full employment policy.· That sounds like motherhood and apple pie until we examine what full employment really means.· The Beveridge report brought the topic of full employment into public prominence.· This would cause a rise in the money wage and so restore full employment.· Deviations from a state of overall full employment must be randomly distributed around a mean of zero.· Given sufficient time with other things remaining unchanged, prices and wages would eventually be adjusted and full employment may be restored.
· It occurred to him that it might be easier to find gainful employment in Cornwall.· How does he survive without gainful employment?· In each decade of the twentieth century, fewer men over 65 have been entered in the censuses as in gainful employment.· Some of us actually have gainful employment.· When in low spirits, seek gainful employment.· Indeed, it has even become fashionable for women to choose dependency by repudiating ambition and gainful employment once they have children.· The potential for a recession across most regions of the world will have ramifications for the prospects of expatriates in gainful employment.· Both surveys showed that for many people poverty was a way of life even when they were in gainful employment.
· Many of these changes have been directly related to progressive taxation, transfer payments and high levels of employment.· Some students may write about the avoidance of a major depression, others about the decision to focus on high employment.· There is no way that we can sustain high employment unless we are competitive in inflation levels.· They prepare simultaneously for both higher education and employment.· As a consequence, almost every economy benefited from rapid growth and high employment.· Equally important, it would erect ladders to both higher education and employment, not to just one or the other.· And to top it all, it has pledged to maintain high employment and an annual economic growth rate of 1.9 percent.· These graduates have the highest employment rate, the association said.
· The private sector was to be harnessed to stabilize - if not increase - local employment.· Sources of Additional Information Information about career opportunities as a budget analyst may be available from your State or local employment service.· This may benefit consumers and local employment.· We believe in local employment initiatives in housing, schools and hospitals.· This is having serious consequences for local employment, as it has done elsewhere.· They get to find out what is going on in the local employment scene.It helps them to make realistic career choices.· Unemployment Unemployment rates arguably provide the most sensitive indicators of local employment opportunities.· Check professional journals, local newspaper employment pages and register with good recruitment agencies-check these on the Internet. 10.
· Electronics accounted for 21 percent of aggregate manufacturing employment in 1991, against only 7 percent in 1981.· Most of the areas with low female activity rates also had low densities of manufacturing employment.· This work attempts to explain the rural shift in manufacturing employment.· Why did it take so long for manufacturing employment to level out?· As has already been indicated this considerable additional development of land was happening while manufacturing employment was falling.· It is necessary, for example, to distinguish between manufacturing employment and service employment, both in the private and public sectors.
· Usually, each will have some paid employment outside the home and each may have his or her career.· Moreover, housework was a highly privatised activity which was not as well regarded and was much less interesting than paid employment.· After a period of full-time child-care, many women return to paid employment on a part-time basis.· Women are less likely to be in paid employment than men.· As is typical of most women's paid employment, this work is not considered particularly skilled and wages are low.· The highest spending is amongst families with more members in paid employment, and lowest amongst pensioner families.· The contribution of paid employment to pensioners income has diminished due to the trend to early retirement.· For a third of the women these hardships were temporarily alleviated when they obtained new paid employment.
· The scale of public sector employment is very considerable.· Manpower training and public employment programs were consolidated in 1973 into the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.· Brett spoke out firmly on the question of discrimination in housing, electoral laws and public employment.· Proposition 209 bars preferences based on race and gender in public employment, contracting and education in state and local government.· Certainly social statistics flourished as never before, their practitioners finding plentiful public employment.· Restaurants, household and other personal services and less elegant public employments are all their conceded domain.
· By 1961 total employment on the estate stood at 5000.· He predicts that blue-collar jobs will have shrunk to less than 2 percent of total employment.· As it was, the proletariat grew considerably faster than total employment.· Maryland lost 8, 888 nonfarm jobs in November, bringing total employment down to 2. 59 million people.· Between 1975 and 1984 total employment in the electronics sectors declined by 19 percent.· Since hazardous jobs represent a small part of total employment, these workers are unrepresentative of the general population.· Outside agriculture the number of self-employed actually grew by 1 million, while falling substantially as a proportion of total employment.
NOUN· One Harvard dealer had registered with an employment agency which stupidly sent his curriculum vitae to Harvard.· For several months hence, Harvard dealers were reluctant to use employment agencies.· Inspiration for the scheme came from Bristol's thriving employment agency that has been in existence for 14 years.· Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies.· Via a back to nursing course organised by a nursing employment agency.· Courses may also be advertised in local jobcentres and public libraries or on the display boards of local employment agencies.· Office Angels is an employment agency.
· Put simply, you are constructively dismissed if your employer breaks an important term of your employment contract.· When an employee is working without a formal employment contract, the terms of an employee handbook may be contractually binding.· A growing feature of the employment contract over the years has been the provision of occupational pension schemes for retirement and sickness.· Employees who opt for the scheme will be expected to revert to their former employment contract once their children reach 14.· Intellectual property: Restrictive intellectual property clauses in employment contracts or restrictive covenants could force the brightest free workers to walk.· He had a written employment contract, but it did not refer to his place of work.· They are employed individually, and their employment contracts - real or implied - are individual.· Holidays with pay are another feature of the employment contract.
· The problem was compounded by employment growth in London.· Though employment growth is down, the area is still attracting health care, high tech, banking and sports-related industries.· We do not have a coherent training and development strategy linked to employment growth.· Net employment growth means fewer jobless claims for the government and higher revenue from payroll taxes.· However, the geography of service employment growth is less uneven than that of manufacturing decline.· At the same time, Wal-Mart touts its employment growth but defines fall-time work as twenty-eight hours or more.· Organisational studies Data processing has been a key employment growth area in Britain over the past decade.· She predicted that 1996 will damp employment growth in New Jersey.
· Trade unions have a statutory right of notice and governors must always act in accordance with employment law.· Any company doing federal contract work is absolutely bound by affirmative action requirements and equal employment laws to cover you.· Existing employment law in turn has failed to protect the employment expectations of disabled people.· All stand to gain from such legislation and comparative employment law can be used to empower disabled people.· This, however, must be looked at with regard to aspects of employment law.· In employment law three rules provide substantial assistance to an employee.· The question of unfair dismissal figures too often in employment law to leave the operation of Clause 8 to chance.· Their demands included improved salaries, the application of certain employment laws, and state payment for uniforms.
· As the employment level rises above that, more and more laws kick in.· It minimises uncertainty and helps to anticipate changes for example in demography, social factors, values and employment levels. 3.· He found no difference in employment levels.· For example, because of employment levels there is currently an emphasis on earlier retirement from and later entry into the working world.· Those predictions which have been made about the impact of new technology on employment levels have come from two types of analysis.· This time the equilibrium level of income is above the full employment level and so can not actually be attained.
· Employees are sometimes shareholders through stock-ownership schemes, but are mainly taken care of through labour laws and guarantees of lifetime employment.· But workers here are accustomed to lifetime employment and see the provisions as a major threat to their job security.· If lifetime employment is so limited, to what extent have labour unions fought to widen its coverage?· Already the Pioneer Electronics Corporation has disregarded its lifetime employment policy by demanding that 35 mid-level managers accept early retirement.· Far better, with the demise of lifetime employment, to switch to a notion of lifetime employability.
· Libertarian emphasis on the radicalizing effect of restricted employment opportunities, too, appears exaggerated.· She said she reported the incident to the company's equal employment opportunity manager, who took no immediate action.· The training and employment opportunities available to young people have declined and benefit has been reduced.· We will: Attack unemployment by creating new employment opportunities.· Modernization and industrialization have contributed to later marriages, for example, as have improvements in educational and employment opportunities for women.· A smaller labour market creates a window of employment opportunity for minority groups, including those who are disabled.
· The role of Churchill in the development of full employment policy is greater than has generally been supposed.· Its legacy: changes in employment policies, more security measures and more money from the legislature for improvements.· The report was necessarily a compromise, given the opposition to a powerful full employment policy.· Some organizations consider their employment policies to be a private matter of contract between the company and its employees.· Social and employment policy must reflect these new realities.· The social action programme is another example of the Labour party's naive employment policies.· The evidence is strong, however, that he put his weight behind a full employment policy.· They signed a co-operation agreement on employment policy, training, and wages policy.
· In its employment report, the Labor Department revised higher the November job growth total to 166, 000.· Many investors concluded it would get worse, based on a very strong December employment report Friday.· For example, the blizzard hit during the same week the government surveys workers and employers to compile the January employment report.
· Ample evidence is provided to show that the structure of the labour force in post-war United States has shifted towards service employment.· Those who place permanent or temporary personnel are more susceptible to layoffs than State job service employment interviewers.· The region was booming, particularly in service employment, where 80 percent of the additional jobs had been found.· However, the geography of service employment growth is less uneven than that of manufacturing decline.· Why has service employment risen rapidly in the post-war period?· It is necessary, for example, to distinguish between manufacturing employment and service employment, both in the private and public sectors.· Union membership continued to rise steadily, especially in service employment, to reach a peak of over 13 million in 1979.· What possibilities exist for the expansion of health service employment at the Royal Victoria Hospital? 3.
· The sample is being selected from an earlier survey which examined household structure, work and histories and current employment status.· It all mounts up fast, particularly if more than one worker has questionable employment status.· All those who retired prematurely were forced by redundancy to make a decision about their future employment status.· She knew my employment status was precarious.· Such conflicts may increase the risk of depression but be resolved by a subsequent change in employment status.· A comprehensive package of benefits would be guaranteed for all legal residents in the state, regardless of employment status.· Table 7.1 summarises the information available on the employment status of information engineering research students in September 1984.
VERB· Weekly Benefit would be payable under item 5 as the Policyholder is unable to continue with his disclosed employment.· Funds are to continue the employment of a family case manager.· Forty staff chose to relocate to the Bristol area and continued their employment with Sun Life in the head office.· Make school attendance and a minimum grade-point average conditions for continued employment, even offering tutoring for those who need it.· As a result, those who continue in employment after retirement age are less likely to experience poverty.· Tenured teachers have a property interest in continued employment and therefore are always entitled to due process protections prior to dismissal.· Ironworkers told one of their officials that they would stop working if the woodworkers were continued in employment.· He appealed, and was reinstated by the privy Council, but was unable to continue his employment for long.
· In the 1960s the Conservative council made an effort to create employment.· We will: Attack unemployment by creating new employment opportunities.· A smaller labour market creates a window of employment opportunity for minority groups, including those who are disabled.· In summary To summarize, two positive images of elderly people were created by the employment debate.· The idea is to create employment until the total unemployment is brought down to half a million.· The Government claim building the line will create direct employment for 5,000 people and off-site supply jobs for about 25,000 others.· Those with assets exceeding £500,000 can also apply, as can businessmen willing to invest over £150,000 and create new employment.· As I said a moment ago, there is only one way to create long-term stable employment.
· At the time of the research, children could generally find employment in the area without leaving home.· Economists studying states that have raised their minimum-wage levels have found that employment actually expanded.· The series narrates his attempts to find employment.· Once here, most receive public assistance such as welfare and food stamps until they find employment.· It occurred to him that it might be easier to find gainful employment in Cornwall.· Chances of finding employment are in turn closely dependent on mastery of modern knowledge.· The research aims to study the means by which redundant workers find employment and the ease or difficulty of doing so.· Britain's black community - especially young people unable to find employment - is becoming increasingly disillusioned and restless.
· An increase in the real wage will reduce employment and a decrease in the real wage will increase employment.· They said they will cooperate with labor and business to increase employment.· They make trading simpler and reduce the associated costs leading to increased employment and better quality goods for consumers.· After the 1989 federal minimum-wage increase, they found that Texas fast food restaurants increased employment but prices were unaffected.· This, Clarke and Morrison believe, is a response to the need to increase employment and to maintain standards of living.· But increased hours and employment tell only part of the story.· The equilibrium wage paid by employers now increases to W2 and employment falls to L2.· Manufacturing employment was increasing, but employment in services was going up even faster.
· In some instances members may wish to offer employment, perhaps for a month or two, at an agreed wage.· The 20 members of staff were offered alternative employment but accepted redundancy payments instead.· The 335 staff will be able to transfer or will be offered other employment with Amtrak.· We must have the freedom to make our mills successful, so that we can offer the lower orders employment.· Many graduates and diplomates have in the past been offered their first permanent employment through contacts made during their industrial placement.· Prison must offer training for employment, not for crime.· One view sees retirement as no more than a form of compulsory unemployment within an economy which can no longer offer full employment.
· So, if a person's paid employment lasts for forty years, she will need to have thirty-six qualifying years.· Class 1 contributions are paid by workers in employment and are deducted from their pay at the statutory rates.· In the early 1970s only 7.5 % of married women were in paid employment.· The hon. Gentleman should be ashamed of the lip service that he has paid to employment by continuing to outline such policies.· Although most of them were being paid so little that employment had become a farce, an irrelevance.
· That is the need to provide employment for prisoners.· His embrace of popular culture extended to the movie musicals of the time, which provided lucrative employment.· To make taffy, to advertise taffy, to provide employment, to earn a profit, to inspire Otto Rossler?· Departments waged paper war on each other; if nothing else it provided employment.· The venture could also provide productive, nonfarm employment for enterprising Vicosinos who might otherwise migrate out of the community.· The new power station will provide employment for around 400 people in construction.· The compromise provides aid for children and gives counties the option of providing parents with employment or other services.
· If you are wrongfully dismissed, you should therefore seek alternative employment at the earliest opportunity.· By so doing they have sought to protect domestic employment, the balance of payments and so forth.· The moment the individual seeks employment in an organization is the moment a compromise begins.· When in low spirits, seek gainful employment.· Immigration includes both people seeking permanent settlement and those seeking temporary employment who want to circulate back and forth.· The Bill sought to prohibit employment discrimination against qualified disabled persons on the ground of their disability.· The extra experience gained during this year places graduates in a very favourable position when they come to seek permanent employment.· Off-farm income was also limited, in consequence many farmers' sons left home to seek employment elsewhere.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Both surveys showed that for many people poverty was a way of life even when they were in gainful employment.
- How does he survive without gainful employment?
- In each decade of the twentieth century, fewer men over 65 have been entered in the censuses as in gainful employment.
- Indeed, it has even become fashionable for women to choose dependency by repudiating ambition and gainful employment once they have children.
- It occurred to him that it might be easier to find gainful employment in Cornwall.
- Some of us actually have gainful employment.
- The potential for a recession across most regions of the world will have ramifications for the prospects of expatriates in gainful employment.
- When in low spirits, seek gainful employment.
WORD FAMILYnounemployeeemployeremployment ≠ unemploymentunemployedemployadjectiveemployed ≠ unemployedemployable ≠ unemployableverbemploy
1the condition of having a paid job: She was offered employment in the sales office. terms and conditions of employmentemployment opportunities/prospects The employment prospects for science graduates are excellent. Steve’s still looking for full-time employment. the needs of women who combine paid employment and care for their familiesin employment 21.7% of all those in employment were in part-time jobs.► see thesaurus at job2the act of paying someone to work for youemployment of Mexican law prohibits the employment of children under 14.3the number of people who have jobs OPP unemployment: Nationwide employment now stands at 95%.full employment (=a situation in which everyone has a job) Many economists consider full employment an unrealistic goal.4formal the use of a particular object, method, skill etc to achieve somethingemployment of Was the employment of force justified?COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1, 2 & 3adjectivespaid employment (=a job for which you receive money)· 51% of women return to paid employment within 5 years of having a child.full-time/part-time employment· Mike is in full-time employment, but his wife is not working.permanent/temporary employment· university graduates entering permanent employment for the first timelong-term/regular employment (=working for the same company for a long time)· She finally found regular employment at a hospital in York.continuous employment (=working all the time, without any periods being unemployed)· You can join the pension scheme after two years of continuous employment with the company.verbsgive/offer somebody employment· He was offered employment in the company’s main office.provide employment (=offer jobs to people)· The new power station will provide employment for around 400 people.create employment (=make new jobs)· The government is trying to stimulate the economy and create employment.find/get employment· The men hope to find employment in the construction industry.obtain/secure employment formal (=get employment)· He found it difficult to obtain employment because of his criminal record.look for employment (also seek employment formal)· My son had to leave the farm and seek employment elsewhere.employment + NOUNemployment opportunities (=jobs that are available for people to apply for)· There are very few employment opportunities in the area.employment prospects (=someone’s chances of getting a job)· Better qualifications will improve your employment prospects.employment rights (=the rights that someone has in their job)· Part-time workers don’t have the same employment rights as full-time staff.employment levels (=the number of people employed in an area)· Employment levels in the region are above the national average.employment conditions (also conditions of employment) (=details about someone’s employment such as how much they are paid, how much holiday they get etc)· All workers have a right to a fair wage and decent conditions of employment.an employment contract (also a contract of employment) (=an official document stating the details about someone’s employment)· There is a clause in your employment contract covering holiday entitlement.employment terms (also terms of employment) (=the details about someone’s employment that are written in their employment contract, including rules that they must follow)· It’s in the terms of their employment that they can’t go on strike.phrasesloss of employment· Closure of the factory will lead to a substantial loss of employment.somebody’s place of employment formal (=the building where they work)· They had a long journey to their place of employment.