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job lock

job lock noun: the inability of an employee to freely leave a job because doing so will result in the loss of employee benefits.

Noun

job lock

  1. (labour) The inability of an employee to freely leave a job because doing so will result in the loss of employee benefits.

Questions about job lock

What does job lock mean?
Job lock means the inability of an employee to freely leave a job because doing so will result in the loss of employee benefits.
What part of speech is job lock?
Job lock is a noun.

Words near job lock in the dictionary

  1. job hunting
  2. job interview
  3. job interviews
  4. job jar
  5. job jars
  6. job lock
  7. job lot
  8. job lots
  9. job market
  10. job markets
  11. job master

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