period of unemployment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofperiodandunemployment
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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unemployment
noun[U]
uk/ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/us/ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
the number of people who do not have a job that ...
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(Definition ofperiodandunemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The experience of a significantperiodofunemploymentappeared to stifle flexibility over participants' work options due to their reluctance to relinquish the relative security offered by benefits.
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These surveys include only answers from employees, the unemployed are left out as they are not able to make payments to an occupational pension system during theirperiodofunemployment.
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Contributions may be credited in respect of aperiodofunemploymentif the necessary conditions are satisfied.
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We are still living through the longest continuousperiodofunemploymentfor many years and that is the deplorable factor in the present situation.
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The shortestperiodofunemploymentfor which unemployment benefit is provided consists of two days occurring within a week.
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After aperiodofunemploymentlasting six months, they lose their earnings-related supplement.
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If he had a substantialperiodofunemploymentor sickness, his pension would be more than halved.
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They were afraid that in aperiodofunemploymentthey would be used for under-cutting.
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All research has shown that there is a tremendous demoralisation as theperiodofunemploymentincreases.
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As theperiodofunemploymentgets longer, so people's poverty gets deeper.
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It explains what will happen in the case of any subsequentperiodofunemploymentwhen the man is employed again.
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We must remember that fact, where there is a longperiodofunemployment.
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We recognise that the skilled may lose their skills, and others even their basic working habits, after a longperiodofunemployment.
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It is difficult to detect any signs in the statistics that unskilled workers are suffering more than skilled men during thisperiodofunemployment.
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Such workers may register before they are actually unemployed so that, if possible, any interveningperiodofunemploymentmay be avoided.
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There are more people out of work for one day than for any other day of anyperiodofunemployment.
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I cannot see that it is necessary for people to be made to surrender their insurance policies during aperiodofunemployment.
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That is most important because many unemployed people need such help, particularly after a longperiodofunemployment.
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In many cases, those people in the special areas have to go through a prolongedperiodofunemployment.
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