full-time employment
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffull-timeandemployment
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full-time
adjective
adverb
uk/ˌfʊlˈtaɪm/us/ˌfʊlˈtaɪm/
(of work or education) done for the whole of a ...
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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 offull-timeandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffull-time employment
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Full-timeemploymentstatus was ascertained by asking respondents how many hours they worked each week, with 35 or more hours denoting full-time.
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This article examines the earnings of older people infull-timeemploymentagainst the changing demand for and supply of older workers.
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It is also noteworthy that the impact offull-timeemploymentis substantial.
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Ten have retired fromfull-timeemployment, four have ' retired ' from home duties, four retain some casual employment.
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Of the 482,432 had withdrawn definitely fromfull-timeemployment.
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It successfully conveys how the effects of combiningfull-timeemploymentwith multiple caregiving responsibilities extends beyond the primary carer to encompass the wider family.
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Designed for middle class men's pattern of continuousfull-timeemployment, occupational pensions translate women's labour market disadvantages into low personal income in later life.
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The important point to mention here is that it only takes one child to makefull-timeemploymentfor a woman difficult.
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Such households by lacking a male head are lacking a person whose normal role isfull-timeemployment.
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The first is that full employment, or evenfull-timeemployment, is becoming an ever more distant reality.
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The models for women used three dichotomous variables : whether a person was in paid work, infull-timeemployment, or in part-time employment.
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For example, most people express a preference forfull-timeemploymentover part-time employment.
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Eighty-two per cent were living with a partner, 35 % were infull-timeemployment, and 35 % had more than 12 years of education.
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Younger people, for instance, engaged infull-timeemploymentand with young children to tend at home, mostly spend no more than a few hours every weekend participating in these activities.
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The husband is the head of the household, and it is his duty to provide for the members of his family - his wife and children - throughfull-timeemployment.
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The authors reject the idea that employment equals liberation for women, and that women's share offull-timeemploymentis the best indicator of 'progress'.
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For example, the transition into college orfull-timeemploymentor marriage or parenthood challenges the emerging adult to adapt and take on new roles in new settings.
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The impacts of femalefull-timeemployment, part-time employment, and retirement are approximately comparable with that of possessing a sense of partisanship, which must be taken seriously.
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