employment Definition
em·ploy·ment (em plo̵i′mənt, im-)
noun
- an employing or being employed
- the thing at which one is employed; work; occupation; profession; job
- the number or percentage of persons gainfully employed
- Archaic purpose to which something is put
employment Synonyms
employment
n.
employment Law Definition
n
The state of working for
another under a contract of hire that provides that ones services are subject
to the others direction and control.
employment Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cease: At the time Mr XXX ceased employment on 18 May 1998 the 1997 regulations were in force.
- seek: Some limited places are available to those seeking employment.
- gain: Tactics Sheets ( written by careers advisers ) with tips on gaining employment in a wide variety of occupational areas.
- pay: Part-time jobs might be a good way to stage a re-entry to paid employment.
- secure: Also looks at which agencies can provide help in securing employment.
- find: Now, I am looking to find employment within the IT industry.
Adjective modifier
- full-time: The statistics show that 98 % of graduates are in full-time employment within 12 months of graduating.
- pensionable: If you continue in pensionable employment past the age of 60, your benefits will be payable when you leave.
- part-time: This analysis does not include those who are in self- or part-time employment.
- continuous: Unfair dismissal This claim is open to an employe with one year's continuous employment or more.
- permanent: Only 9 replied to say they had found permanent employment, with a further ten on short-term contacts.
- full: A borrower of the loan should be in full time employment.
Modifies a noun
- tribunal: Can I make a claim to an employment tribunal?
- prospect: We take up to 130 new undergraduates per year What are the employment prospects like?
- opportunity: Information on employment opportunities for disabled students is a recent addition to the site.
- law: We cannot explain every detail of UK employment law in a leaflet.
- agency: Seasonal workers are hired through temporary employment agencies for up to six months.
- contract: For example, salary commitments relating to employment contracts are to be excluded.
Preposition: during
term-time: The University's guideline is that full-time students should spend no more than 15 hours per week undertaking employment during term-time.
Noun used with modifier
self: Notification of self employment can be made by phone on 0845 15 45 15.
Browse dictionary entries near employment
- ‹ employer matching contribution
- ‹ employer
- ‹ Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- ‹ Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- ‹ Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
- ‹ Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- ‹ employee benefit plan
- ‹ employee
- ‹ employed
- ‹ employable
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