sustainable employment

collocation in English

meaningsofsustainableandemployment

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sustainable
adjective
uk
/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/
us
/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/
able to continue over a period ...
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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 ofsustainableandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsustainable employment

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The objective is for rural co-operatives to provide long-term,sustainableemploymentand income opportunities through a system based on local ownership and management.
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Its main priority is to help people faced with particular difficulties in the labour market move from welfare and economic inactivity intosustainableemployment.
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The concept of competitiveness as the basis forsustainableemploymentis missing.
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First, we need high quality,sustainableemploymentopportunities.
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Clearly the creation of long-term andsustainableemploymentis a vital factor in a sound economy.
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Sustainableemploymentdepends on a healthy economy and competitive industry.
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Moreover, protectionism is inherently incapable of guaranteeing workers safe andsustainableemploymentprospects.
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Sustainableemploymentin the private sector depends on a healthy economy and competitive industry.
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Sustainableemploymentdepends on a healthy economy, competitive industry and a more flexible labour market.
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Within the broad scheme of community economic development, the city council's emphasis clearly will be focused on promotingsustainableemployment.
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I will deal with more limited areas of direct concern to me: first, employment—sustainableemployment; secondly, environment—sustainable development.
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It is true thatsustainableemploymentrequires a flexible labour market, but we may have differences about how that is to be attained.
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These are the only recipes for safeguardingsustainableemploymentin the long term.
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We are always talking about the creation ofsustainableemployment.
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Industrial policy serves as a driver forsustainableemploymentand the prosperity of society.
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However,sustainableemploymentdepends on a healthy economy, competitive industry and a more flexible labour market, and our policies are directed to those ends.
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Sustainableemploymentin today's rapidly changing markets for goods and services requires more competitive businesses, with higher productivity levels and higher added value.
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The economy and infrastructure of the country would then be that much better off as a result, leading to further genuine andsustainableemployment.
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The principal remedy is the same for both—to get the economy right and create the conditions in whichsustainableemploymentopportunities can be developed.
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