clerical worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclericalandworker
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clerical
adjective
uk/ˈkler.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkler.ɪ.kəl/
relating to work done in ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɜː.kər/us/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofclericalandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Each lawmaker has six personal staffers, including a chauffeur, an attendant, and aclericalworker.
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Any sort of accommodation is thought good enough for theclericalworker.
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There is a vacancy for one additional full-timeclericalworker.
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One part-timeclericalworkerand six domestic workers accepted redundancy payments.
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It is a little difficult to distinguish between aclericalworkerand, say, a draughtsman, who is accommodated in the office.
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The terms and conditions of employment of the engineer on the shop floor are frequently inferior to those of the typist andclericalworkerin the same firm.
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They are not highly paid: a grade 1 signaller gets a little less than £12,000, and aclericalworkergets only £18,000.
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How is theclericalworkerbeing affected?
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The low paid manual or lower gradeclericalworkeris more vulnerable to unemployment and short-time working, which already puts entitlement to social security benefits at risk.
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Between 1966 and 1969, she was aclericalworker.
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She worked as a journalist for local newspapers and aclericalworkerfor government agencies.
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In 1918 the average annual salary of aclericalworkerwas $940.
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They mainly came from families of skilled workers and were generally low-level clerical workers.
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However, clerical workers were the most frequent in the sample (36-0%).
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Clerical workers were over-represented amongst the signatories by 100 per cent.
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After students, the next highest increase in referrals is in clerical workers, then in skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers and schoolgirls.
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For example, professional and clerical workers accounted for 7% of women in 1951-52 but this had risen to 21 % in 1971-72.
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