contract employees

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contract
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trækt/us
/ˈkɑːn.trækt/
a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the ...
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employee
noun[C]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/
someone who is paid to work for ...
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(Definition ofcontractandemployeefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Acontractemployeehad caused the several-day outage that resulted in thousands of delayed and cancelled flights.
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She took child-rearing leave, and in 2002 returned as acontractemployee.
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They are mostly contract employees.
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We are also concerned about contract employees.
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The operations and employees of the six magazines were transferred. 15 full-time employees and several contract employees worked on the magazines.
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This initiative will prevent contract employees from obtaining positions with other defense contractors.
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A consequence is that in the former, permanent personnel are civil servants, while normally in the latter, they are contract employees.
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The company has over 6,000 employees and more than 1,200 contract employees.
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Previously, federal contract employees were not generally required to undergo background investigation, except as required by specific contracts.
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Three contract employees are accused in the wrongdoing.
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The library employs 200 staff, including 96 permanent and 40 contract employees, and has a collection of 550,000 books.
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In 2008, the company had 105,000 permanent employees and 39,000 contract employees in its managed operations located in 45 countries.
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The key point of contention was the broadcaster's insistence on more term contract employees in the future while guaranteeing no change in employment status for existing employees.
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