temporary employee

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandemployee

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temporary
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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employee
noun[C]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/
someone who is paid to work for ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandemployeefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftemporary employee

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As he was atemporaryemployee, he was put on to night work.
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As a result, such employees are let go after three months and anothertemporaryemployeeis taken on.
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The net cost of that to the employer would be a few days' pay while thetemporaryemployeewas still there.
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It could also have been assisted by atemporaryemployeeor possibly a contractor employed overnight.
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Let us suppose also that the employer wants especially atemporaryemployee.
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The gentleman concerned had no recourse to an employment tribunal because he was atemporaryemployee.
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Is it not right that he should know when the pregnant lady will return to work—if she returns to work—so that thetemporaryemployeecan make appropriate arrangements?
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When used as a noun, supernumerary means atemporaryemployee, additional society member, or extra manpower, usually in a function which has a temporary contract.
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Atemporaryemployeeis then found in the database and is contacted to see if they would be interested in taking the assignment.
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When used as a noun, "supernumerary" means atemporaryemployee, additional society member, or extra manpower.
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After the internship ended, he was hired on as atemporaryemployeeand eventually became the show's director.
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However, some agencies guarantee an employee a certain number of hours pay if, once thetemporaryemployee arrives, there is no work or the work isn't as described.
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His education was limited, which delayed his permanent appointment as intelligence chief (the position demanded university studies): he was initially paid a daily wage as atemporaryemployee.
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The eligibility for childcare leave was also extended to those temporary employees who had worked for over a year and who are expected to work a year after childbirth.
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In other areas, where perhaps there are plenty of people available to do the work, temporary employees will be paid less money than full-time employees.
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Figures are for full time equivalents of permanent and temporary employees.
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The redundancy procedure to be followed in the case of temporary employees is that agreed with staff associations and trade unions.
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The committee agreed with the principle that temporary employees should have the same health and safety protection as full-time employees.
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Typically, part-time and temporary employees will not be covered.
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