workforce
IPA: wˈɝkfɔrs
noun
- All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
- The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
work force
IPA: wˈɝkfˈɔrs
noun
- Alternative form of workforce. [All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.]
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Examples of "workforce" in Sentences
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Examples of "work-force" in Sentences
- If they can get along in the work-force they can get along on the battle-field.
- Jason Alden/Bloomberg News The work-force at Halewood has been doubled to more than 3,000.
- Of course, I am in no way suggesting that women everywhere quit their jobs and we revert to a male-dominated work-force.
- The CEO cautioned the world's largest technology company by revenue is in for "another tough quarter," and its current work-force plans are unaffordable.
- Friday's Labor Department report showed union membership in the public sector slipped to 36.2% in 2010, down from 37.4% the year before, in part reflecting government work-force layoffs.
- Excluding items, such as facility consolidations and work-force restructuring, per-share earnings fell to 41 cents from 49 cents, matching a forecast the company gave in March that steered expectations on Wall Street.
- In a conference call with analysts earlier Thursday, Chairman and Chief Executive Michael E. Szymanczyk declined to provide specifics about work-force reductions related to the program, saying he wanted to first discuss the action with all employees.
- Angelo Amador, the NRA's vice president of labor and work-force policy, says laying out exactly how much of an employee's wages will be paid out of tips is burdensome because the amount differs for each employee and the amount of tips an employee collects changes from week to week.
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