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job-sharing

job-sharing noun: an arrangement whereby multiple people are employed on a part-time basis to perform a job normally available to one working full-time, and remuneration is apportioned between them.

Noun

job-sharing (uncountable)

  1. An arrangement whereby multiple people are employed on a part-time basis to perform a job normally available to one working full-time, and remuneration is apportioned between them.

Origin of job-sharing

From job + sharing.

Questions about job-sharing

What does job-sharing mean?
Job-sharing means an arrangement whereby multiple people are employed on a part-time basis to perform a job normally available to one working full-time, and remuneration is apportioned between them.
What part of speech is job-sharing?
Job-sharing is a noun.

Words near job-sharing in the dictionary

  1. job-seekers
  2. job-shadow
  3. job-shadowed
  4. job-shadowing
  5. job-shadows
  6. job-sharing
  7. job-stopper
  8. job-stoppers
  9. joba
  10. Joback method
  11. jobama

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