full-time worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffull-timeandworker
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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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worker
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɜː.kər/us/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition offull-timeandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is more marked in the femalefull-timeworkersubgroup.
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The difference between afull-timeworkerand a homemaker is more than that between the partisan and the independent - an observation that is important.
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Any family with afull-timeworkeris now guaranteed take-home pay of at least £180 a week.
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The amount of subsidy for each deferred redundancy of afull-timeworkerwill be £10 per week.
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Redundancy for these part-timers can be as unfortunate in its effect as for thefull-timeworker.
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Any family with afull-timeworkerhas a guaranteed income of £180 a week.
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His counterpartfull-timeworkerwill continue to enjoy benefit for a further 13 weeks.
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No attempt has been made to determine what afull-timeworkeris.
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It shows that in 1976–77, when private firms and individuals in business were putting in returns, the average earnings of afull-timeworkerwere £3,370.
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I am the firstfull-timeworkerin industry and commerce to speak in the debate so far.
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The husband must be afull-timeworker.
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It appears that a part-time worker is courted on the same basis as afull-timeworker, and the result is confusion.
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The working families tax credit will allow families with afull-timeworkerto achieve a guaranteed income of £200 a week, and to earn up to £235 before income tax kicks in.
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As long as one of the couple is afull-timeworkerit should not matter which one it is for the purpose of qualifying for family income supplement.
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If an employer were able to employ onefull-timeworkerinstead of three part-timers he would be doing so now.
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Employers who have so organised their employment that they can employ two or three women part-time to replace onefull-timeworkerare performing a real social service.
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It turned out that the commission had received a letter from the woman's employers in which, incidentally, they had said that she was afull-timeworker.
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That would also avoid—perhaps this is more important—the incentive for an employer to employ two part-time workers instead of onefull-timeworker.
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It does not relate to the average earnings of the malefull-timeworker, which at the last count in the new earnings survey were about £125.
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