permanent employment

collocation in English

meaningsofpermanentandemployment

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permanent
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/us
/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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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 ofpermanentandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The notion ofpermanentemploymentbecomes a thing of the past given the ease of investment relocation.
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If one considerspermanentemploymentand the absence of labor markets central characteristics of the work-unit, the question of continuities over the 1949 divide is a moot point.
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The findings indicate generally negative attitudes and avoidance in jobsearch towards working outside a traditional ideal of standard,permanentemploymentand also towards improving prospects by updating skills.
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Government health and safety regulations were relatively easily evaded, and wages sank significantly below those paid to those undertaking similar work in larger mills: casual predominated overpermanentemployment.
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There is thuspermanentemploymentfor 43 men.
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Those with minimal education and training are likely to have difficulty in obtainingpermanentemployment.
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However, there was notpermanentemploymentand to a large extent those caring projects were filled through the community programme.
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It is far better to leave the money in the hands of the private capitalist in order that he may givepermanentemployment.
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I accept that the aim must be to havepermanentemployment, but we face a difficult situation now.
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There has also been an increasing preference for short, fixed-term but renewable contracts overpermanentemployment.
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It is most gratifying to sec that a very high proportion of those who received training in that workshop have now securedpermanentemployment.
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What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of initiatives to get people to move from temporary topermanentemploymentsince 1997.
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Of course, we must hope that it will lead topermanentemployment, but half a loaf is better than none.
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The programmes are designed to help unemployed people findpermanentemployment.
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We have no means of knowing exactly how many participants subsequently obtainpermanentemployment.
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Some of the grants passed around the country have been spent on highly capital-intensive industries which produce littlepermanentemployment.
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They can, however, be considered forpermanentemploymentas postmen with due regard to the claims of other ex-service men.
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The labour force survey provides routine information on part-time and temporary work, and shows that the vast majority of part-timers are inpermanentemployment.
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Medical reports are required on people who wish to join the police force or seekpermanentemploymenton the civil staff.
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