long-term employment
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-termandemployment
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long-term
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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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 oflong-termandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We considered 20 years of service aslong-termemployment.
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However, in a context where factory owners are rarely able to providelong-termemployment, this is always more difficult and ambiguous than many of them initially envisage.
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Tight control andlong-termemploymenthad an unintended consequence, a high intensity of social interaction among those working in the same unit or community.
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Quite apart from the financial side, the aircraft industry itself cannot possibly decide its ownlong-termemploymentpolicies while this sort of thing goes on.
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It undermines our ability to export and createlong-termemployment.
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If we are to get the coal from beneath the surface we must persuade the men that they can expect reasonable rewards andlong-termemployment.
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One of the new deal's problems has been the failure to provide lastinglong-termemployment.
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Schoolmasters must be sad and reflective at the tragedy of school-leavers arriving in droves on the labour market without the prospect oflong-termemployment.
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If he really cares about futurelong-termemployment, will he welcome those?
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They are designed to try to crack the tough core oflong-termemployment.
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We have encouraged them as much as possible, but the schemes have to benefitlong-termemploymentprospects in order to qualify.
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It guarantees our continuing stake in key areas of advanced technology, as well as providinglong-termemploymentprospects for many companies and their work forces.
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Long-termemploymentwill not be created by hope of a wage cut.
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Those policies are required as long-term investment, over and above other sorts of investment which will createlong-termemploymentin this country.
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There is a need to do rather more than encourage young people to participate in training schemes that all too often lead tolong-termemployment.
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The industries which are efficient at creating viable products produce the best insurance oflong-termemployment.
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They did more damage to stable,long-termemploymentand the value of people's savings than they care to admit.
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It has resulted in a stable, viable industry that is capable of offering secure,long-termemploymentand of contributing positive benefits to the nation.
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However,long-termemploymentrelationships are still regarded as the sole guiding principle for both social insurance and conditions of employment.
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The programmes changed virtually monthly, yet few people succeeded in getting back intolong-termemployment.
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