part-time worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpart-timeandworker
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part-time
adverb
adjective
uk/ˌpɑːtˈtaɪm/us/ˌpɑːrtˈtaɪm/
If you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some of the day or ...
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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 ofpart-timeandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is also anxiety about thepart-timeworker.
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I am all in favour of thepart-timeworkerbeing encouraged.
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Nobody works harder than apart-timeworkerin my experience, having been one for many years.
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There was an old man there, apart-timeworkerwho did clerical work.
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If he is apart-timeworker, he is doubly penalised by the tax.
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Thepart-timeworkeris essential in certain occupations.
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Thepart-timeworker, the woman worker and the young worker are most exploited.
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Thepart-timeworkerwho will suffer most is less mobile than other workers.
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The future of the world of work is the flexible labour force and thepart-timeworker.
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We need to reduce the financial penalties and increase the incentives for thepart-timeworker.
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If an employer telephoned and asked for apart-timeworker, somebody might happen to come in.
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There is, however, plenty of scope for thepart-timeworker.
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Apart-timeworkeris very often the man who badly needs employment.
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Let me refer to thepart-timeworkerin relation to travelling shops.
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Thepart-timeworkerseems to be affected by this very materially.
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In the statistics apart-timeworkerequals a whole employment unit.
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There is a very great difference in the case of thepart-timeworker.
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Does that apply only to thepart-timeworker.
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There is no human justification for this attack on thepart-timeworker, and there is no economic justification for it.
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