em ‧ ploy ‧ ee S2 W2 /ɪmˈplɔɪ-iː, ˌemplɔɪˈiː/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ employee , ↑ employer , ↑ employment ≠ ↑ unemployment , ↑ unemployed , ↑ employ ; adjective : employed ≠ ↑ unemployed , ↑ employable ≠ ↑ unemployable ; verb : ↑ employ ]
someone who is paid to work for someone else SYN worker :
a government employee
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COLLOCATIONS
■ 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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THESAURUS
▪ worker someone who does a particular type of job, or someone who works for an organization but is not a manager:
a post-office worker
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The workers are threatening to go on strike.
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The report shows that male manual workers earn twice as much as female workers.
▪ employee someone who has a job, especially a permanent job, with a particular company or organization:
Employees of the airline get generous reductions on the cost of flights.
▪ member of staff/staff member one of the people who work for a company, organization, school etc - used especially in official contexts:
Training opportunities are available to all members of staff.
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Several staff members complained about his increasing strange behaviour.
▪ colleague ( also coworker especially American English ) someone you work with – use this especially about people who do professional jobs in offices, schools etc:
I’d like you to meet a colleague of mine, Jean-Michel Blanc.
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What should you do if a co-worker is injured?
▪ workforce all the people that work in a country, industry, or large organization:
Women make up 41% of the workforce.
▪ staff all the people who work in a company, organization, school etc:
The staff were clearly worried about rumours of job losses.
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sales staff