employment

Definition:
1. The state of being employed or having a job.
2. The occupation for which you are paid.
3. The act of giving someone a job.
4. The act of using.

Use 'employment' in a sentence:

• 1. Gainful employment refers to an employment situation where the employee receives steady work and payment from the employer.
• 2. The state of employment in this city is improving.
• 3. Employment and taxation are the bread-and-butter issues of politics.
• 4. The government is aiming at full employment.
• 5. This decision paved the way for changes in employment rights for women.
• 6. He got the job through an employment agency.
• 7. The cut-off point depends on age and length of employment.
• 8. More local employment will be created, particularly in service industries.
• 9. Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government.
• 10. The government said it wanted to overhaul the employment training scheme to make it cost effective.
• 11. I've been temping for an employment agency.
• 12. 40 of the course participants are offered employment with the company.
• 13. Recent measures have not eliminated discrimination in employment.
• 14. He accused them of conniving with foreign companies to weaken employment rights.
• 15. She was seventeen and she had no education or employment.
• 16. This makes it harder for the marginal manager to gain employment.
• 17. He regularly drove from his home to his place of employment.
• 18. She was in continuous employment until the age of sixty-five.
• 19. Full employment still seems light years away.
• 20. The terms of employment are negotiable.
• 21. Neither of them is currently in paid employment.
• 22. The employment secretary found himself in the firing line over recent job cuts.
• 23. Employment is another sore point.
• 24. Computers, far from destroying jobs, can create employment.
• 25. Graduates are finding it more and more difficult to find employment.
• 26. They have pledged to end racial discrimination in areas such as employment.
• 27. Society also suffers from excessive employment protections.
• 28. The committee was influential in formulating government policy on employment.
• 29. The Employment Minister said the reforms would generate new jobs.
• 30. Your contract of employment terminates in December.
• 31. The law prevented the employment of children under ten in the cotton mills.
• 32. A doctor advised her to seek remunerative employment.
• 33. He was well versed in employment law.
• 34. The plan has the added advantage of bringing employment to rural areas.
• 35. These are the terms and conditions of your employment.
• 36. Only half the people here are in paid employment.
• 37. Employment is a very sensitive issue.
• 38. Nurses in training should be given a guarantee of employment following qualification.
• 39. She was unable to find employment.
• 40. We are one of the largest providers of employment in the area.
• 41. There is a learning curve in the process of seeking employment.
• 42. Many students now have paid employment during term.
• 43. A degree is an essential prerequisite for employment at this level.
• 44. They also stress the need for improved employment opportunities, better transport and health care.
• 45. Changes in farming methods have badly affected employment in the area.
• 46. She couldn't find any regular employment.
• 47. The figures represent a general decline in employment.
• 48. They had a right to seek alternative employment.