temporary labour

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandlabour

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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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labour
noun
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Entrants can wrongly be regarded as cheap,temporarylabour.
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Family members constituted the dominant source of far m labour but about 40% of respondents reported hiringtemporarylabourto supplement their family labour supply.
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Nowadays, authorities are rarely able to take on anytemporarylabour.
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This proposal is simply to allow an employer to take ontemporarylabourwithout inconvenience.
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The employers hoped for more flexibility in the recruiting oftemporarylabour.
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The proposal would restrict the uses oftemporarylabourand impose new statutory obligations on employers.
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In my own county the proportion oftemporarylabouris rather higher.
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You cannot however plan permanently for an industry on the basis oftemporarylabour.
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I want to make it clear that all forms oftemporarylabourwill be considered in dealing with this problem.
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The legislation will be particularly helpful in areas where employers use agency andtemporarylabouras devices.
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It would, however, be difficult to get thistemporarylabourforce expanded too far into a more permanent feature.
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It would have authorised shippers to use inexperienced, untrained andtemporarylabourto handle their own cargo.
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It is the duty of postmasters to recruittemporarylabouras required to carry on the work during the absence of the regular staff.
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Sarbupri campaigned actively against the use oftemporarylabourat estates.
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Is this not, also, a timely moment to welcome the increased scope that "area management" can offer for the contribution that projects engaging voluntary andtemporarylabourcan make?
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This arrangement is the best that the circumstances permit, preventing, as it does, waste of force on the one side and resort to overtime ortemporarylabouron the other.
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However, the acreage of hops subsequently expanded and, as a cash crop, it brought wealth to the village, although the annual influx oftemporarylabouralso brought social problems.
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