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Business and Employment: Employment, List 2

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  1. benefit
    something that aids or promotes well-being
    She would continue to receive full medical, dental and eye-care benefits, and her employer’s contribution to her pension would rise each year. The New York Times
  2. casual
    appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
    “Use pieces from your existing business wardrobe to mix and match with casual clothing,” the caption for one instructed. “For example, jeans can be paired with a blazer or a sweater.” The Atlantic
  3. compensate
    make payment to
    The department’s “location pay,” meant to help compensate officers assigned to Sing Sing, is considered a joke—about fifteen dollars a week. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
  4. contract
    a binding agreement that is enforceable by law
    The contract provides for annual salary increases of 3 percent. The Washington Times
  5. counterproductive
    tending to hinder the achievement of a goal
    Raising your concern directly with your colleague risks a defensive or hostile reaction that’s ultimately counterproductive. New York Times
  6. demand
    the act of insisting
    The union’s president, Shawn Fain, has primed rank-and-file members to be prepared to walk off the job if the union’s long list of demands for improved wages and benefits are not met. New York Times
  7. earn
    make money on some commercial or business transaction
    My mother sends money she earns working in the tomato fields to Hong Kong. The Woman Warrior
  8. freelance
    working for yourself
    “He worked for himself. He was a freelance junk hauler and got paid by the job.” The Running Dream
  9. incentive
    extra pay or reward given to employees for good performance
    Instead of lump-sum payments, the money was paid out over time, with incentives for those who found and held jobs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
  10. income
    the amount of money one makes over a period of time
    Both she and her husband were hard workers and together brought in a respectable income. The Great Fire
  11. monotonous
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
    It was a monotonous job, and Yossarian was disappointed to learn that the lives of enlisted men were only slightly more interesting than the lives of officers. Catch-22
  12. promotion
    the act of raising in rank or position
    She was also given a very nice promotion and made an officer. Code Name Verity
  13. rate
    amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
    Hourly wage employees must be paid the federal or state minimum wage rate, whichever is higher. Forbes
  14. recruit
    seek to employ
    The process to recruit and hire the authority’s first CEO took well over a year. The Seattle Times
  15. remote
    located far away spatially
    A good policy should require you, the employer, to provide technologies—cloud based applications, communications and collaboration tools and devices—that will enable remote employees to do their work productively from home. The Guardian
  16. retire
    stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
    He had retired from his firm on the terms he wanted. Class Matters
  17. routine
    an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
    The routines of the computing work had become familiar to Mary, but the geography of the East Side was not. Hidden Figures
  18. salary
    fixed payment for services
    While the average American salary at that time was $5,500 annually, Bobby, who certainly didn’t consider himself average, had made barely $1,000 for a year’s work. Endgame
  19. skill
    an ability that has been acquired by training
    There were so many skills I had to master in order to become a good waitress. My Life with the Chimpanzees
  20. wage
    payment for work
    He paid good wages, and if you deserved it he was quick to give you a bonus. In Cold Blood
Created on Thu Jul 27 14:09:45 EDT 2023 (updated Tue Sep 12 14:04:55 EDT 2023)

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