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''Unemployed '' - (adjective)
 
''Unemployed '' - (adjective)
 
== Definition ==
 
== Definition ==
If you are unemployed, you are available to work and looking for work, but you do not have a job. We can say that you are not in employment, or you are ‘out of work’.
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An unemployed is an individual of working age who meets three conditions simultaneously :
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* being without employment, meaning having not worked for at least one hour during the reference week ;
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* being available to take up employment within two weeks ;
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* having actively looked for a job in the previous month or having found one starting within the next three months.
 
== Extra ==
 
== Extra ==
'''Source:''' Adapted from Business Dictionary <br />
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'''Source:''' definition adopted in 1982 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) <br />
'''Example of Use:''' He has been unemployed since he was made redundant last year.[[Category: Economy]][[Category: Glossary]]
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'''Example of Use:''' He/she/they has been unemployed since he/she/they was made redundant last year.[[Category: Economy]][[Category: Glossary]]

Latest revision as of 10:32, 2 October 2020

Unemployed - (adjective)

Definition

An unemployed is an individual of working age who meets three conditions simultaneously :

  • being without employment, meaning having not worked for at least one hour during the reference week ;
  • being available to take up employment within two weeks ;
  • having actively looked for a job in the previous month or having found one starting within the next three months.

Extra

Source: definition adopted in 1982 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Example of Use: He/she/they has been unemployed since he/she/they was made redundant last year.