flexible workforce

collocation in English

meaningsofflexibleandworkforce

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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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workforce
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/us
/ˈwɝːk.fɔːrs/
the group of people who work in a company, industry, ...
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(Definition offlexibleandworkforcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflexible workforce

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Better preparation of young people for the world of work is important to the development of a more capable andflexibleworkforce.
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There is now widespread agreement by governments and supra-governmental bodies throughout the developed world that we need aflexibleworkforce, capable of learning and adaptation.
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The new knowledge-based economy requires a highlyflexibleworkforcethat can constantly adapt to the new skill requirements of the production process.
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The future development of a skilled andflexibleworkforceto meet the needs of modern industry depends upon its success.
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Better preparation of young people for the world of work is important to the development of a more capable andflexibleworkforce.
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That will be achieved only by nurturing a well-trained, highly motivated and, above all,flexibleworkforce.
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This is likely to produce the kind of high-techflexibleworkforcereferred to earlier.
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Technological progress calls for a highly-qualified,flexibleworkforce, which in turn expects a more participative working situation.
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We have already announced a number of initiatives which, taken together, will build aflexibleworkforceand employment opportunities.
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Training is one means of achieving theflexibleworkforcewe shall need.
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This money is being spent in ways that will ensure that economic growth can be sustained by a properly trained andflexibleworkforce.
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It was that our versatile andflexibleworkforcewas responding to the demands placed upon it.
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And, incidentally, it is by having aflexibleworkforcethat you raise people out of poverty.
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Britain offers the best available combination of a skilled andflexibleworkforce, low taxes and lower production costs.
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I feel that if we are to have aflexibleworkforceit must suit not only employers but employees also, and that we must protect them.
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This plant had the mostflexibleworkforceone could contemplate in this sector and it is very difficult to understand the decision to close it down.
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According to this axis the pension systems have to be more compatible with the need for more flexible workforces.
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It seems to me that the idea of flexible workforces works almost inevitably in favour of the employer.
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