previous employer

collocation in English

meaningsofpreviousandemployer

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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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employer
noun[C]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ər/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
a person or organization that ...
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(Definition ofpreviousandemployerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The servant's age and work recommendations from apreviousemployerwere good indications of the suitability of a maid or farmhand.
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First, the official considers whether the person might return to work with thepreviousemployer, and this may involve negotiation with the employer over the financing of adjustments.
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If it was proof from apreviousemployer, what check was made against thepreviousemployer?
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Can my noble friend answer my question on whether any check is made with thepreviousemployeras to why the young person left?
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The easiest way of getting his fare paid would be to bring a claim, however bogus, against hispreviousemployer.
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I have a pension fund from mypreviousemployer.
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He should make inquiries, as the vast majority do, of thepreviousemployer.
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Many unemployed people get substantial occupational pensions from theirpreviousemployer.
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That would put at risk the person who wrote the part of the report concerned, such as apreviousemployerwho might have been consulted.
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In other words, if thepreviousemployerwill not take that person on, very few others will.
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Of the one in eight who are fortunate enough to find work, two-thirds do so with theirpreviousemployer.
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It should not be possible to debar from employment someone who has been active in a trade union with apreviousemployer.
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Half of those on invalidity benefit have worked with apreviousemployerfor 10 years or more.
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It is as though the contracts of employment with thepreviousemployerhad from the start been made with the new employer.
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Those men worked for defunct private companies, and therefore could not sue theirpreviousemployerfor compensation.
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I have said many times that the preservation of the employee's benefit in the hands of the trustees of hispreviousemployeris not enough.
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Many unemployed people receive substantial occupational pensions from theirpreviousemployer.
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There is no obligation on thepreviousemployer.
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Theirpreviousemployermay have gone out of business.
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It is entirely another matter to extend such a principle to any collective agreement which may have been entered into by apreviousemployer.
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