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worker

[wur-ker] / ˈwɜr kər /


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France can claim modest progress in negating employment regulations that disincentivize hiring, turning every worker into a ward for life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

In one video, she accompanies a food delivery worker through his day to explain a proposal for social protection for digital platform workers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Karen is a recovery worker with the group Liv4Lali.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

She is a mother, a daughter, a community center worker, an artist — and a woman with a complicated romantic and family history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I guess the thought of chatting with a random postal worker is too much for my brain this afternoon.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The paper says Burnham is considering exempting care workers from a proposal to extend the qualifying period for claiming indefinite leave to remain from five years to 15 years.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

With three health workers and a hospital cleaner among those infected, questions have been asked as to whether the government could do more to protect workers.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Carney said Tuesday that he had spoken with Smith to discuss future cooperation and noted that there had been large reductions of asylum seekers, international students and temporary foreign workers in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The law kept tax rates at their current level and introduced a range of temporary write-offs for senior citizens and certain workers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

It does scare some of the new personal support workers though, which I’m betting is why his lunch dishes haven’t been cleared away yet.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam


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