flexible work
collocation in Englishmeaningsofflexibleandwork
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flexible
adjective
uk/ˈflek.sə.bəl/us/ˈflek.sə.bəl/
able to change or be changed easily according to ...
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work
noun
uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition offlexibleandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Reform also introducedflexibleworkschedules, 'no work, no pay' during strikes, and the prohibition of wage remuneration to full-time trade-union officials.
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The sectors and companies in which they worked had little capability to provideflexibleworkoptions after the state pension age.
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One expects respondents withflexibleworkarrangements to accommodate care demands more easily than respondents with rigid schedules.
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We need a far moreflexibleworkforce with a wider range of transferable skills.
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Part-time work meets the needs both of women, many of whom have domestic commitments, and of employers who prefer aflexibleworkforce.
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To them are not the opportunities of part-time work; to them are not the same opportunities offlexiblework.
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In a genuinelyflexibleworkforce, employees can choose to work fewer hours, if that is what they want.
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However, it is possible to have both a strong economy and aflexibleworkforce while having good working conditions without exploitation.
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In other words, the cost of havingflexibleworkpatterns must be calculated against the greater cost of not having them.
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The industry requires help in modernising, additional capital input, moreflexibleworkpatterns and help with marketing initiatives.
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One of the most important factors, which certainly did not exist 20 years ago, is ourflexibleworkforce.
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To be the best, we must have the most skilled andflexibleworkforce and be at the leading edge of technological advance.
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We decided to go for aflexibleworkforce.
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Our priority is to encourage the development of the highly skilled andflexibleworkforce the economy needs.
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We need aflexibleworkforce and a flexible load.
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We need in this country a young, educated, trained andflexibleworkforce.
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It is possible, with superb management and intelligent,flexibleworkpractices, to hold our own for a long time.
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Improving the lamentable statistics on the number of children receiving pre-school education is a vital step in building a motivated, skilled andflexibleworkforce.
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We are waiting for developers to come, and the loyal andflexibleworkforce there is desperate for work.
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Better-educated countries attract business investment because of their skilled andflexibleworkforces.
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