temporary employment

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandemployment

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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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employment
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
the fact of someone being paid to work for a company ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A large par t of this workforce consisted of male laborers seekingtemporaryemploymentin the expanding service sectors of urban areas.
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While different types of non-standard work were discussed, the issue oftemporaryemploymenttended to dominate interviewees' concerns.
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In the latter, many men, particularly young men, were constantly on the move as they searched fortemporaryemploymentas farm hands, lumberjacks, or other kinds of seasonal labor.
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This suggests some possible influence of the reservoir building, which would have attracted young adult males from outside and retained those born locally because of the creation oftemporaryemployment.
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One expectedtemporaryemploymentto play a part in her early career, stating that 'temping' was essential to gain experience for a permanent post as a legal secretary.
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Fagua came to mills with his cousin who was a lorry driver and tried to obtain atemporaryemploymentbut did not know whom to approach.
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If the company wishes to apply fortemporaryemploymentsubsidy this would be available subject to the usual conditions.
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Thetemporaryemploymentsubsidy is likely to be far more effective in this regard.
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Thetemporaryemploymentsubsidy is available to firms who agree to defer impending redundancies.
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Thetemporaryemploymentsubsidy is paid to firms which agree to defer impending redundancies.
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The attention of the firm has been drawn to thetemporaryemploymentsubsidy scheme.
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The aim of the community programme is to providetemporaryemployment.
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I asked the number of persons who have been placed in permanent ortemporaryemployment.
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Schemes such as thetemporaryemploymentsubsidy are not confined to the manufacturing sector and some are not applicable to it in any way.
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We are extending for a further year thetemporaryemploymentsubsidy.
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These include a youth opportunities programme and a specialtemporaryemploymentprogramme.
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Under this, long-term unemployed over the age of 18 are provided withtemporaryemploymenton projects of benefit to the community.
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The figures include vacancies notified under the community programme and the former specialtemporaryemploymentprogramme.
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The community programme offerstemporaryemploymentfor long-term unemployed adults on projects of benefit to the community.
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Thetemporaryemploymentsubsidy, for instance, and the recruitment subsidy lately replaced by the youth employment subsidy, have been introduced.
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