Employment

Definitions: Employment

Employment

Noun

1. The state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city".

2. The occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work".

3. The act of giving someone a job.

4. The act of using; "the steps were worn from years of use".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "employment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Employment

Business

Noun: business, occupation, employment; pursuit; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case.

Use

Noun: use; employ, employment; exercise,

Crosswords: Employment

I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. (Withnail and I; writing credit: Bruce Robinson.)

Well, that right there may be the reason you've had difficulty findin' gainful employment (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

Yes, by God, we could've had full employment, whopping Gross National Product, nice cushy feeling that we've got a bomb for every one of theirs. (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II)

Some do it for employment! (Shock Treatment; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman)

So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldn't find honest employment. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Hard Times at the Employment Office (1974)

Employment with Investment and the Masked Fraud (1926)

Painful Employment (1996)

Terms of Employment (1985)

Employment Discrimination: The Troubleshooters (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• General Employment Enterprises, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Employment Services in France: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Employment Services: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Employment Services: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Employment Services in Asia (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Wrongful Discharge and the Derogation of the At-Will Employment Doctrine (Labor Relations and Public Policy Series, No 31) (reference)

• Protection against occupational risks in Europe : problems and prospects : report of a European regional meeting on "current issues in schemes of protection against employment accidents and occupational diseases" : held in Florence from 7 to 9 May 1981 (reference)

• Post abolished : one woman�s struggle for employment rights in Tanzania (reference)

• Post Abolished: One Woman's Struggle for Employment Rights in Tanzania (Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Report, No 19) (reference)

• Road Haulage Wages Council : report of an inquiry into questions referred to ACAS by the Secretary of State for Employment as to whether the Road Haulage Wages Council should be abolished or whether it should become a statutory joint industrial council (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Annual Institute On Employment Law (reference)

• Annual Labor & Employment Law Institute (reference)

• Black Employment And Education Journal (reference)

• Blrs Quick Guide To Employment Law (reference)

• Bnas Labor & Employment Law Library On Cd (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Your Resume: A Key To Opening Employment Doors (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Full Employment (reference)

• Outer Space Employment Agency [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Employment Law Made E-Z (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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The fishing fleet at Ketchikan. Ketchikan was then the greatest fishing center on the Pacific Coast. Fishing in Alaska then accounted for 80 percent of all employment with most activity limited to the summer months. F&WS C-1191.Credit: America's Coastlines.

[Affirmative Action Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity at NIH].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Engraving after a sketch by Gribayeitoff, 1894, while he commanded USS Chicago. Mahan retired in 1896, but his reputation as a historian and strategist led to further official employment, including service on the Naval War Board during the Spanish-American War.Credit: NAVY.

Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1948, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. Built at New York City in 1861 as the civilian steamship Mississippi, she served as USS Connecticut in 1861-1865 and was renamed South America after her return to commercial employment in 1865.Credit: NAVY.

What's the employment situation, Mr. President?.Credit: Library of Congress.

Full production and full employment under our democratic system of private enterprise / Michael Lenson.Credit: Library of Congress.

Interior of the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D.C., showing five men preparing shipment of examination questions for people seeking employment in the government.Credit: Library of Congress.

Employment agency on Sixth Avenue, New York, New York.Credit: Library of Congress.

Day laborers waiting along railroad tracks for possible employment, Raymondville, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.

For full employment after the war, register, vote / Ben Shahn.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Is it reasonable, that the eldest brother, because he has the greatest part of his father's estate, should thereby have a right to take away any of his younger brothers portions? or that a rich man, who possessed a whole country, should from thence have a right to seize, when he pleased, the cottage and garden of his poor neighbour? The being rightfully possessed of great power and riches, exceedingly beyond the greatest part of the sons of Adam, is so far from being an excuse, much less a reason, for rapine and oppression, which the endamaging another without authority is, that it is a great aggravation of it: for the exceeding the bounds of authority is no more a right in a great, than in a petty officer; no more justifiable in a king than a constable; but is so much the worse in him, in that he has more trust put in him, has already a much greater share than the rest of his brethren, and is supposed, from the advantages of his education, employment, and counsellors, to be more knowing in the measures of right and wrong. (Second Treatise of Government)

Employment of children: (a) Minimum age of employment; (b) During the night; (c) In unhealthy processes. (reference)

God has willed that this shall not be and we have at least a breathing space to set our house in order before this peril has to be encountered: and even then, if no effort is spared, we should still possess so formidable a superiority as to impose effective deterrents upon its employment, or threat of employment, by others. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It was a concern which brought just employment enough.

He waved his hand and betook himself again to his employment of gathering herbs.

In the first problem the question is of the employment of force.

For, although my proper employment had been to be surgeon or doctor to the ship, yet upon a pinch, I was forced to work like a common mariner.

Perhaps I have owed to this employment and to hunting, when quite young, my closest acquaintance with Nature.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

If you have any questions about employment issues, contact the Cancer Information Service (CIS). (references)

Treatment can improve the prospects for employment, with gains of up to 40 percent after treatment. (references)

The addition of onsite medical/psychiatric, employment, and family services further improved outcomes. (references)

Business

It helps diabetes patients and increases domestic employment. (references)

Citizens are not restricted in seeking or changing employment. (references)

This optimism is also reflected in terms of employment figures. (references)

Children

Jordan

In either case, their prospects for marriage and gainful employment are limited. (references)

Mongolia

There is no discrimination against disabled persons in employment and education. (references)

Colombia

A 1996 law prohibits sex with minors or the employment of minors for prostitution. (references)

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

Persons identified with the PP are unable to find employment. (references)

Philippines

Citizens enjoy the freedom to change their places of residence and employment. (references)

Syria

Residency permits require demonstration of employment and a fixed address in Syria. (references)

Discrimination

United Kingdom

In Northern Ireland the Fair Employment Act specifically banned employment discrimination on the grounds of religious or political opinion. (references)

United Kingdom

The 1998 Fair Employment and Treatment Order extended the prohibition on discrimination to the provision of goods, facilities, services, and premises. (references)

Afghanistan

Its severity varied from area to area, depending on the local leadership's attitude toward education for girls and employment for women and on local attitudes. (references)

Economic History

Korea

A list of employment agencies is shown below. (references)

Bolivia

We expect employment levels to rise over time. (references)

Austria

Law in Austria closely regulates terms of employment. (references)

Human Rights

United Kingdom

Service personnel also have the right to submit complaints to employment tribunals. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

For lawyers, government employees, and some others, PDGE party membership is necessary for employment and promotion. (references)

Armenia

Legal and constitutional provisions make judges and prosecutors dependent on the executive branch for their employment. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

Rural indigenous people have limited educational opportunities and thus have fewer employment opportunities. (references)

Sweden

Some Sami state that they face discrimination in housing and employment on an individual basis, particularly in the southern mountain regions. (references)

El Salvador

These small indigenous groups exist in the poorest parts of the rural countryside where employment opportunities are few and domestic violence is a problem. (references)

Minorities

United Kingdom

Victims of employment discrimination may sue for damages. (references)

Netherlands

Immigrant groups face some discrimination in housing and employment. (references)

Iraq

Non-Arabs are denied equal access to employment, education, and physical security. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

These visas do not permit employment in the UAE. (references)

BOLIVIA

Wage employment for children under 14 is illegal. (references)

THAILAND

Nighttime and holiday employment of non-adults is prohibited. (references)

Political Rights

Argentina

For most of the year, there was one female cabinet-level official--the Minister of Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Training. (references)

Syria

Such restrictions include a prohibition against engaging in political activity, the denial of passports, and a bar on accepting government jobs and some other forms of employment. (references)

Singapore

The belief that the Government may directly or indirectly harm the employment prospects of opposition supporters curtails opposition political activity; however, there were few allegations of such retaliation. (references)

Trade

Ireland

Takeovers exceeding certain size limits must be approved by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment. (references)

West Bank

The PA, Israel, and the international donor community are establishing industrial zones in WB/G to stimulate local economic activity and employment. (references)

Nicaragua

Exports generated by the free zones rose to $250 million in 2000 from 203.4 in 1999. Employment rose from 21,472 in 1999 to 40,758 in 2000 (direct employment). (references)

Travel

Finland

Part-time employment averages to 17.8 hours per week. (references)

Brazil

Business visa holders are prohibited from engaging in gainful employment. (references)

Philippines

Prearranged employment status entitles the visitor to stay for a period of one year. (references)

Women

Guinea-Bissau

Women do not have equal access to employment. (references)

Philippines

Women continued to face some discrimination in employment. (references)

Albania

Many women migrated along with men to Greece and Italy to seek employment. (references)

Worker Rights

Estonia

The statutory minimum age for employment is 16 years. (references)

Belarus

The law establishes 16 as the minimum age for employment. (references)

Papua New Guinea

This type of employment is rare, except in subsistence agriculture. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "employment": arranging employment ♦ atypical employment ♦ be in employment ♦ contract of employment ♦ department of employment ♦ employment agency ♦ employment agent ♦ employment agreement ♦ employment bureau ♦ employment center ♦ employment contract ♦ employment counselling ♦ employment exchange ♦ employment history ♦ employment interview ♦ employment market ♦ employment office ♦ employment opportunity ♦ employment rate ♦ Employment Rehabilitation Centre ♦ find employment ♦ full employment ♦ gainful employment ♦ income from employment ♦ nuclear weapon employment time ♦ offer of employment ♦ pattern of employment ♦ period of employment ♦ seek employment ♦ sheltered employment ♦ supported employment ♦ terms of employment ♦ the picture employment ♦ verification of employment ♦ weapon system employment concept ♦ World Employment Programme. Additional references.

Beginning with "employment": employment-based, employment-centred, employment-creating, employment-creation, employment-growth, employment-lead, employment-led, employment-of, employment-orientation, employment-oriented, employment-promotion, employment-related.

Ending with "employment": by-employment, full-employment, post-employment, pre-employment, re-employment, under-employment.

Albanian

punësi (engagement, work), profesion (calling, career, lay, line, metier, occupation, practice, profession, trade, vocation, walks of life), përdorim (application, consumption, currency, deal, exercise, exertion, exploitation, operation, reclamation, usage, use, using, utilization, wear, wear and tear, working), nëpunësi (employ, office, place, post, white collar), marrje në punë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏توظيف (appointment, investment, placement), ‏تشغيل (implementation, operation, running, working), ‏عمل (act, action, aggravation, berth, business, deed, elaborate, engagement, fag, feat, function, gird on, job, labor, labour, making, occupation, place, pursuit, racket, see, situation, task, work), ‏إستعمال (application, exercise, purpose, usage, use), ‏إستخدام (utilization). (various references)

Bulgarian 

употреба (application, circulation, currency, usage, use), служба (body, duty, function, job, office, place, position, post, room, service, situation), работа (affair, avocation, berth, billet, business, char, concern, dealings, do, employ, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, lay, line, matter, occasions, occupation, operation, part, performance, place, ploy, proceedings, proposition, run, running, service, shebang, shop, show, situation, thing, undertaking, work, working, workmanship), наемане на работа, занятие (business, line, metier, occupation, profession, way), занимание (amusement, career, concern, concernment, exercise, game, job, occupation, ploy, prep, pursuit, way), използуване (usage, use, using, utilization). (various references)

Chinese 

就业. (various references)

Czech

zamìstnání (job, occupation, pidgin, trade, work), práce (job, labor, labour, pidgin, pursuit, service, task, undertaking, work, working). (various references)

Danish

erhvervsmaessig beskaeftigelse (gainful activity), erhvervsaktivitet (workforce participation). (various references)

Dutch

toepassing (application, use), aanwending (application, use). (various references)

Esperanto

apliko (application, use), aplikado (application, use). (various references)

Faeroese

nýtsla (application, use). (various references)

Farsi 

تلخ کردن (Embitter), زهرالودکردن . (various references)

Finnish

työpaikka (job, place of employment, place of work, position, situation, work place, working place, workplace), työllisyys, työ (act, deed, effort, job, labor, labour, live labor, live labour, occupation, task, work), toimi (affair, business, function, job, occupation, office, position, post, situation), palvelus (duty, service), käyttö (drive, duty, duty cycle, kind of drive, load cycle, operation, operations, system of drive, use, utilization, wear). (various references)

French

emploi. (various references)

Frisian

arbeidsburo (employment exchange, labor exchange, labour exchange). (various references)

German

beschäftigung (activity, consideration, employ, employmen, gainful activity, job, occupation, occupying, preoccupation, pursuit, study, treatment, victim's occupation, work), anstellung (appointive, function, job, office, position, post, tenure). (various references)

Greek 

εργασία (business, job, labor, labour, operation, task, work, workmanship). (various references)

Hebrew 

מלאכ�" (business, craft, craftsmanship, labour, metier, occupation, skill, task, work), תעסוק�", שמוש (resort, service, usage, use), עסוק (business, busy, engaged, engagement, job, occupation, occupied, pursuit, walks of life), �"עסק�" (engagement). (various references)

Hungarian

foglalkoztatás, alkalmazás (accommodation, adaptation, application, contrivance, employ, enforcement, hire, hiring, service, suiting, use). (various references)

Indonesian

pekerjaan (berth, job, occupation). (various references)

Italian

occupazione (activity, avocation, business, calling, employ, employmen, job, occupancy, occupation, sit-in, squatting, tenure, work), impiego (application, berth, employ, exertion, function, investment, job, occupation, office, place, position, post, profession, situation, use). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

職 , 雇�"� (hire), 雇い口 (job), 雇い (employee), 雇傭 (hire), 働き口 (opening, position, situation), 招聘 (engagement, hiring), �"業 , 使�"� (application, use, utilization), 就職口 (opening, position), 就業 (starting work), 仕事 (occupation, work), 任�"� (appointment), 傭聘 (employing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

し�"と (occupation, work), しゅうぎょう (ascetic practice, discipline, end of school, end of work, learning, pursuit of knowledge, shameful occupation, starting work, studying, training), しゅうしょくぐち (opening, position), しょうへい (engagement, hiring, officers and men, peace, sentry, tranquility, wounded soldier), しょく (diet, food, foodstuff, meal), しよう (application, breeding, cotyledon, extremely important, foliage, leaves and branches, method, personal use, private business, raising, remedy, resource, seed leaf, side issues, specification, sublation, trial, use, utilization, way), に�"よう (acknowledgement, appointment), �"よう (hire, trifling matter, urination, urine), やといぐち (job), やとい (employee, government employee), ようへい (employing, leaf stalk, mercenary, stipe, tactics), じゅうぎょう, はたらきぐち (opening, position, situation). (various references)

Korean 

� 용 (hire, Hires, Hiring). (various references)

Manx

ymmyd (amenity, application, use, utilization), obbraghey (act, action, behaviour, behaviour of machines, crew, cultivate, elaboration, exercise, forge, function, handle, handling, influence, labour, motion, operate, operation, performance, ply, process, start, wangle; persuance, work, work up, wreak), failley (brief, employ, engage, engagement, hire). (various references)

Norwegian

arbeid (chore, job, work). (various references)

Papiamen

aplikashon (application, use). (various references)

Pig Latin

employmentay

Portuguese

emprego (affectation, appointment, berth, billet, employ, exertion, function, job, niche, occupation, place, post, service, situation, usage, use, using, work). (various references)

Romanian

uz (ordinariness, usage, use, using, utilization), utilizare (application, reliance, use), treabã (affair, affairs, business, concern, engagement, job, matter, occasion, palaver, pidgin, proposition, task, work), slujbã (berth, celebration, duty, employ, office, post, service, situation, spot, work), serviciu (attendance, berth, department, employ, Favor, favour, job, ministration, ministry, office, position, service, situation, turn), plasament (investment, sale), ocupaţiune (activity, business, holding, situation, tenure, trade), ocupaţie (activity, business, duty, engagement, holding, job, metier, occupation, profession, situation, trade, work), lucru (act, activity, article, belongings, business, cert, deed, happening, implement, job, labor, labour, matter, object, occurrence, operation, predecessor, service, situation, thing, things, traps, work, working), folosire (application, availability, duty, practice, usage, use, utilization), folosinţã (fruition, holding, use, utilization), întrebuinţare (duty, reliance, usage, use, utilization), îndeletnicire (business, calling, job, occupation, work). (various references)

Russian 

служба (employ, job, office, service), наем (hire, lease, rent), применение (adaptation, application, use), использование (exertion, usability, usage, use of, using, utilization). (various references)

Scottish

dreuchd (duties, office, vocation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaposlenost (business), zaposlenje (job, occupation, position), služba (church service, job, office, offices, service, servitude). (various references)

Spanish

empleo (appointment, business, employ, investment, job, job placement, occupation, placement, post, use, work), acomodo (accomodation, agreement, arrangement). (various references)

Swedish

anställning (appointment, berth, engagement, job, occupation, place, position). (various references)

Thai

การงาน, การจ้างงาน. (various references)

Turkish

uğraş (avocation, endeavor, endeavour, engagement, exertion, occupation, profession, resource, struggle, toil, tug, wrestle), iş verme, iş (activity, affair, appointment, assignment, ball game, billet, biz, business, calling, cause, commerce, concern, dealing, deed, doing, doings, ergo-, function, gig, handiwork, job, metier, mission, occupation, occupational, operation, piece, piece of work, place, ploy, post, profession, pursuit, racket, regulation, shop, show, spindle, stint, task, things to do, trade, work, working, workings, works), hizmet (duty, function, labor, labor intensive, labour, labour intensive, ministration, ministry, service), görevlendirme (commission, entrusting), görev (appointment, assignment, billet, business, charge, commission, devoir, duty, function, incumbency, job, mission, office, part, piece of work, position, service, situation, stint, task, work, workings), çalıştırma (actuation, operating, operation, operational, starting, training). (various references)

Turkmen 

hyzmat (merit, service). (various references)

Ukranian 

використання (appliance, application, applying, expenditure, exploitation, using), наймання (hire, leasehold), зайнятість (busyness, occupation, preoccupancy), зайняття, праця (job, labor, labour, occupation, proceedings, service, work). (various references)

Vietnamese 

việc l� m (act, ado, affair, deed, job, occupation, service), sự dùng (exertion, milage, mileage, use, utilization, wear, wore). (various references)

ministeria, ministerii, ministeriis, ministerio, ministeriorum, ministerium, negotium, occupatio, occupationem. (various references)

notu. (various references)