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employment

[em-ploi-muhnt] / ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /




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The Catapult Workers Collective said the company’s sale included the assets only and that the union was notified their employment would not be rolled over to the new buyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

A civil servant accused of fraudulently juggling multiple public sector jobs has told the court he "wasn't thinking straight" when he allegedly misled future bosses about his employment status.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The report then scanned this across differences in NCD burden, prevention and care -- by age, gender, economic status, education, place of residence, disability status, employment and migration status.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

This is no doubt an early example of the large-scale employment cuts likely in the coming years, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Your employment here is steady, you have a suitable position to work from.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

This lack of key inflation and employments reports is sure to complicate the Fed’s decision at its Dec. 9-10 meeting.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025

"We have the last throw of the dice in order to bring back some part of that industry, if we don't then we have to look for alternative employments for the 820,000 people."

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023

The labor studies and employments relations major had seven punts downed inside the 20, including five inside the 10 and four inside the 5.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2019

"That is very unusual. Like many employments that are still unfilled, FAA administrator is an extremely important position," Captain Ross "Rusty" Aimer told Salon last week, before Trump had finally filled the position.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2019

Failing these employments, the slave has all his time to himself.

From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley


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