unscrupulous employer

collocation in English

meaningsofunscrupulousandemployer

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unscrupulous
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈskruː.pjə.ləs/
us
/ʌnˈskruː.pjə.ləs/
behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what ...
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employer
noun[C]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ər/
us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
a person or organization that ...
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(Definition ofunscrupulousandemployerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At present, it is easy for theunscrupulousemployerto get away with cheating his employees of the wages to which they are entitled.
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I say that the individual employee is powerless in this industrial web, and anunscrupulousemployercan out-maneouvre an indolent inspector.
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That would be a sufficiently outrageous state of affairs if it were the only misuse of the code of conduct by one singleunscrupulousemployer.
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In doing so, it provides protection against theunscrupulousemployerand against the undemocratic or improper actions of trade unions or their leaders.
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The two-year limit invites theunscrupulousemployerto get rid of people towards the end of the two-year period.
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That is the case because one of the effects would be to enable anunscrupulousemployerto get around the procedure by saying.
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It is impossible to guarantee that no young person will never be exploited by anunscrupulousemployer.
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That means that there are safeguards for a proper line of inquiry, but it is no safeguard against theunscrupulousemployer.
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Whatunscrupulousemployercan seriously be expected to fill up a form admitting that he is illegally underpaying his workers?
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We want to get at theunscrupulousemployerwho is not prepared to spend a shilling to ensure greater comfort or safety for his employés.
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To amend our law so as to allow theunscrupulousemployer, anywhere, to victimise an individual worker would be shameful.
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How would one go on if a shop steward has been blatantly victimised by anunscrupulousemployer?
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We want to ensure that anunscrupulousemployerdoes not just turn out his employee.
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We have given him a more expeditious and cheap way of protecting his rights in so far as he may fear that they are being infringed by anunscrupulousemployer.
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If the majority of employees in a factory are members of a trade union, anunscrupulousemployercan use non-trade union members against the interest of organised trade unionists.
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My worry is that anunscrupulousemployermight put pressure on someone to come back before the 14 weeks expired if there was authority to do that.
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It does not take anunscrupulousemployermuch trouble to find out whether a person in his employ is receiving a single or a married person's tax allowance.
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The requirement to keep records of hours worked serves also to protect a driver against anunscrupulousemployerwho might put pressure on him to exceed the permitted limits.
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Hitherto theunscrupulousemployerhas always been allowed to get away with it.
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It is only fair and right that people who carry out national agreements should be protected against theunscrupulousemployerwho wishes to escape an obligation.
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