employment situation

collocation in English

meaningsofemploymentandsituation

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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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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofemploymentandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofemployment situation

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The first half of this book is primarily concerned with theemploymentsituationof young workers between the ages of 14 and 21.
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They withdraw when theemploymentsituationbegins to improve and the men are able to 'win the bread'.
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This effect was partly dependent upon differences inemploymentsituation.
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The medico-political andemploymentsituationof practice nurses generated some unique issues.
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In such cases, it is a serious breach of moral duty, regardless of the motivations of the strikers or the desperateness of theiremploymentsituation.
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Changes in theemploymentsituationseem to have a particularly important effect on public expenditure.
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Since the state was the largest employer of labour, the downward economic trend affected the generalemploymentsituation.
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Is the proposal expected to influence the patients' quality of life, social oremploymentsituation?
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It is not possible to distinguish the effects of the tax from those of other factors at present influencing theemploymentsituationin these areas.
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The discussions covered three aspects of theemploymentsituation: the economic background, youth employment and the reorganisation of working time.
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It varies according to the progress of the local housing programme and theemploymentsituation.
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One is the generalemploymentsituation, which especially affects the low paid, and the second is the general economic situation.
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A strict medical test, regardless of theemploymentsituation, must make for poor social policy.
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This ought to have a very favourable effect on theemploymentsituationin the islands.
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In any event, theemploymentsituationis disquieting.
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But as soon as one looks at theemploymentsituationone realises that it is nothing of the sort.
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That seems to us essential in the present teacheremploymentsituation.
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Increasing its exports is the best way the industry can improve theemploymentsituationin the near future.
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That makes the position even worse for us as a result, particularly as regards our exporters and ouremploymentsituation.
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