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employee
adjectives
a full-time/part-time employee
• We now have 110 full-time employees.
a permanent/temporary employee
• Some of the temporary employees were later hired as permanent staff.
a senior/junior employee
• The company also offers substantial bonuses to senior employees.
a male/female employee
• The majority of the female employees are under 30.
a former employee
• The company is being sued by three former employees.
a retired employee
• They are for an increase in pension payments to retired employees.
verbs
have employees
• The Birmingham-based company has over 200 employees.
recruit employees
(= offer them jobs )
• We are recruiting employees for our IT division.
lay off employees
(= stop employing them because there is no work for them to do )
• Unions fear that many part-time employees will be laid off.
make employees redundant
(= stop employing them because there is no work for them to do )
• Crossways was nearing bankruptcy and had to make 720 employees redundant.
dismiss/sack an employee
(= stop employing them because they have behaved badly or broken a rule )
• Seven employees were dismissed for misconduct.
an employee joins a company/firm etc
• Employees who join the firm after April receive a percentage of the annual bonus.
an employee leaves
• When a senior employee leaves the company, we hold an exit interview.
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noun ADJ. salaried | full-time, part-time | permanent, temporary | retired | junior, senior | key | long-serving, loyal | potential, prospective | manual | skilled, unskilled | blue-collar, white-collar VERB + EMPLOYEE have The company has only 60 employees. | recruit | dismiss, lay off, make redundant, sack a fair reason for dismissing an employee The company made hundreds of employees redundant. EMPLOYEE + VERB join sth | work employees who work more than 20 hours per week | leave | earn sth EMPLOYEE + NOUN benefits In addition to a competitive salary, the company offers attractive employee benefits. | status Freelance workers do not enjoy the benefits of employee status. | relations
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