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.
