worker protection

collocation in English

meaningsofworkerandprotection

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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/
us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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protection
noun[U]
uk
/prəˈtek.ʃən/
us
/prəˈtek.ʃən/
the act of protecting or state of ...
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(Definition ofworkerandprotectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofworker protection

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Prospective proponents of universalworkerprotectionpolicy retreated, conceding business prerogatives in the labor market.
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Initially reluctant to turn to government, miners abroad came to support political solutions to the problem ofworkerprotection.
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I turn to the limit values set out in article 9 of theworkerprotectiondirective.
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I wish to deal with theworkerprotectiondirective.
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This concept appears to harbour serious dangers in terms ofworkerprotection.
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The relevant provisions onworkerprotectionremain in full force.
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In those cases, the law did not relate to businesses but toworkerprotection.
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The first directive is theworkerprotectiondirective.
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You have to reduceworkerprotectionto the level given by the worst employers.
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The proposals forworkerprotectionwill almost certainly prove to be unworkable.
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Workerprotectionis another important issue in the context of the enlargement to the east.
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I therefore find theworkerprotectionprovisions in schedule 4 a revelation.
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I am not interested in lip service toworkerprotection.
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Yes, so long as there was a measure ofworkerprotection.
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The committee's report suggests that the directive is not primarily a measure ofworkerprotection.
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It is not, in itself, a directive particularly dealing with a measure ofworkerprotection.
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We have found a solution that does not overburden employers and that includesworkerprotection.
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In setting limit values there are always compromises between workers' health, on the one hand, and the economic and technical consequences ofworkerprotection, on the other.
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We will do all we can to stop them in their tracks and continue to improve, and not undermine,workerprotection.
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