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An employee is a term for workers and managers working for a company, organization or community. These people are the staff of the organization. In general, any person hired by an employer to do a particular job in exchange for payment is an employee, but there are different kinds of employees. In some countries, employers are required by law to do certain things, like obey minimum wage laws, provide a safe workplace, and sometimes pay a tax. Employers also have to give their official employees benefits, like paying for health insurance. Because of this, some employers like to hire independent contractors to do work instead of regular employees. In the United States, a worker is an employee if their employer gets to tell them what do do, how to do it, and when to do it in a material way and an independent contractor if they get to make their own decisions about how to do what the employer wants.[1][2]
The relationship between employer and employee is different from that between the firm and a customer or client.
An employee usually has to provide a resume and have an interview before being offered a job.
Independent contractors[change | change source]
Some employers like to hire independent contractors, or workers who are technically running their own businesses, because they do not have to follow all of the same laws. For example, in the United States, an employer has to some of the employee’s social security taxes and the employee pays the rest. A self-employed person pays for all of his or her own social security taxes.[1]
For example, if a company hires a plumber every time they need a leak or pipe fixed in their building, that plumber is an independent contractor. If a company hires a plumber to be part of their company, then that plumber is an employee. They must pay the employee plumber whether there are leaks to fix or not. They must obey any minimum wage laws that the country has. They must provide other things. But the employer gets to tell the employee plumber what to do and how to do it much more than an independent contractor plumber. They can make the employee plumber follow a dress code, while the independent plumber gets to wear what he or she wants. They can make the employee plumber come in or leave on a set schedule like other employees. The independent contractor plumber gets to decide when to come to work, usually by making an appointment with the employer.[1]
Some companies like to hire independent contractors and then tell them exactly what to do and when to do it, like regular employees. They can get in trouble for this. In the United States, the Internal Revenue Service can sue companies that lie about whether their employees really are independent contractors.[1]
Other websites[change | change source]
- NBER, Science and Engineering Workforce Project
- UK gov Local Business Link
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charles J. Muhl (2002). «What is an employee? The answer depends on the Federal law» (PDF). Monthly Labor Review. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ↑ «Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors». United States Department of Labor. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
: one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level
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Example Sentences
A good boss listens to his employees.
The company has more than 2,000 employees worldwide.
Recent Examples on the Web
Le conducted the investigation by reviewing department records and speaking with 26 Employment Department employees.
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Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
Small businesses are making the bulk of those hires: 8 in 10 new hires in February were at companies with fewer than 250 employees, Labor Department data show.
—Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
Marks said no employees were inside the Apple or Seattle Coffee Gear stores when the crime allegedly occurred.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
Lawmakers incorporated many of his ideas into a bill moving through the Florida Senate. Businesses that knowingly employ immigrants without legal permission would face tougher penalties, along with employees who submit fake documents.
—Skyler Swisher, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
Administration immediately investigated and the probationary employee has been terminated.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
Among employees, 71 percent reported reduced burnout and 43 percent said their mental health improved.
—Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
What’s one thing your company is doing to prioritize employee wellness?
—Fortune Editors, Fortune Well, 7 Apr. 2023
The end of the broader employee vaccine requirement doesn’t mean the end of all such mandates, however.
—Rong-gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
employ entry 1 + -ee entry 1, perhaps after French employé
First Known Use
1822, in the meaning defined above
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in 1822
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noun
a person working for another person or a business firm for pay.
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Rarely em·ploy·e, em·ploy·é .
Origin of employee
First recorded in 1825–35; from French employé “employed,” past participle of employer to employ; see -ee
OTHER WORDS FROM employee
pre·em·ploy·ee, nounpro·em·ploy·ee, adjective
Words nearby employee
emplane, emplectite, employ, employable, employed, employee, employee association, employer, employers’ association, employment, employment agency
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MORE ABOUT EMPLOYEE
What does employee mean?
An employee is someone who gets paid to work for a person or company.
Workers don’t need to work full time to be considered employees—they simply need to be paid to work by an employer (the person or business that pays them). The term employee is sometimes used to distinguish contract workers from full employees (who often earn additional benefits), but in this example, both types of workers are considered employees in the general sense.
Example: My company has more than 500 employees.
Where does employee come from?
The English word employee is borrowed from the French employé, meaning “employed.” The first records of the word come from the first half of the 1800s. The suffix -ee is used in employee to indicate a person who is the object or beneficiary of the act specified by the verb—in this case, the person who is the beneficiary of employment.
While employees are often seen as the ones getting this benefit—and the benefits that come with it, such as health insurance—the employee-employer relationship is based on an exchange. The employee exchanges work for money. This exchange is often formalized through some kind of contract or employment agreement, and employee is most often used in the context of official situations like this. Sometimes, a person may get paid by a company or person for work, but they may not consider themselves an employee or an official employee if they don’t have a formal, official relationship with the employer. Typically, a person must have an employer to be considered an employee. For example, people who are self-employed may not qualify for certain government programs or benefits reserved for employees.
Employee is often used as an adjective in phrases like employee benefits and employee restrooms.
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How is employee used in real life?
Employee can refer to any worker who gets paid by an employer, but most commonly it refers to a worker who has an official status with an employer.
jobs love telling you ”we’re not employees we’re a FAMILY” ok mom then why are you only paying me $10/hour
— m (@okaishawty) November 16, 2019
Attention CEOs:
I’m one of you. In 2015 I made 33x more than our lowest-paid employee.
I took a big pay cut & raised our minimum wage to $70k. Now our top exec makes 4x more than our lowest-paid employee.
In that span, our business tripled. Amazing what happy employees can do.
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) December 26, 2019
embroidering my dior cape with the names of dunkin employees that deserve $50/hr
— katy (@itsbedtime_) February 10, 2020
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Which of the following terms is a synonym for employee?
A. paid staff member
B. student
C. volunteer
D. boss
Words related to employee
agent, attendant, clerk, laborer, member, operator, representative, worker, apprentice, assistant, breadwinner, cog, domestic, hand, help, hireling, jobholder, plug, salesperson, servant
How to use employee in a sentence
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Those calls have led some politicians, including Gloria, to urge the state to prioritize vaccinations for school employees who work with young children.
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As far as I know, we haven’t rewritten the employee handbook.
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Restrooms and coffee bars are spaced apart, he adds, encouraging employees to walk more.
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The Justice Department has asked a judge to dismiss the case against the controllers, who are federal employees, on procedural grounds.
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An asynchronous working environment is one in which there are no fixed hours for employees.
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Imagine waking up to find a guy who looks like a tech startup employee eating your charred crispy leg.
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In some cases, public employee unions even pushed private sector unions to endorse Republicans.
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Public employee unions are a little-acknowledged driver of this conflict.
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In January 2014, a lifelong District of Columbia parks employee, Medric Mills, collapsed while walking with his grown daughter.
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It said: “Tonie Tobias, Information Technology, President of GLEN, Gay and Lesbian Employee Network.”
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A building employee stated earlier today that Girra left the premises less than five minutes before the killing.
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A director of a bank is not an employee within the meaning of the acts under consideration.
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The fact that a workman furnishes tools and materials, or undertakes to do a specified job will not prevent his being an employee.
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An apprentice who is qualifying himself to operate an elevator is an employee within the Minnesota Act.
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Thus, one who is employed as a workman in a sawmill on such days as it was in operation for four months was not a casual employee.
British Dictionary definitions for employee
employee
sometimes US employe
/ (ɛmˈplɔɪiː, ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː) /
noun
a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc, in return for paymentAlso called (esp formerly): employé
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If an employee told you he had the flu, you’d send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you’d probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPLOYEE
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPLOYEE
Employee is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES EMPLOYEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Employment
Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract, one being the employer and the other being the employee.
Definition of employee in the English dictionary
The definition of employee in the dictionary is a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc, in return for payment Also called : employé.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMPLOYEE
Synonyms and antonyms of employee in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «EMPLOYEE»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «employee» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «employee» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF EMPLOYEE
Find out the translation of employee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of employee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «employee» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
雇员
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
empleado
570 millions of speakers
English
employee
510 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
कर्मचारी
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
مُوَظَّف
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
работающий по найму
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
funcionário
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
কর্মচারী
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
employé
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Pekerja
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Angestellter
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
従業員
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
고용인
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Pegawe
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
nhân viên
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
ஊழியர்
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
कर्मचारी
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
işçi
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
dipendente
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
pracownik
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
працівник
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
angajat
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
υπάλληλος
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
werknemer
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
anställd
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
ansatt
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of employee
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPLOYEE»
The term «employee» is very widely used and occupies the 5.279 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPLOYEE» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about employee
10 QUOTES WITH «EMPLOYEE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word employee.
Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We’ll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I’m very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish.
We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who’s halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback.
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.
If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be.
Pride adversely affects all our relationships — our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.
Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California’s budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same.
If an employee told you he had the flu, you’d send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you’d probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus.
Under the AHP approach, the average small business might be able to offer their employees one or two insurance plans, and that employee of the small business would have no idea whether their doctor was going to be a apart of one of those plans.
I remember in that red leisure suit I sort of felt like a Pizza Hut employee, and the white one was the ultimate, with the white turtleneck collar, that was the ultimate in bad taste.
Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion that they are disposable.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPLOYEE»
Discover the use of employee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to employee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
Advance Praise for «I’m Feeling Lucky» «This is the first Google book told from the inside out.
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Managing Employee Involvement and Participation
Throughout the book the authors evaluate the contrasting philosophies and practices in the context of the rapidly evolving organizational and economic landscapes of advanced industrialized countries.
Jeff Hyman Bob Mason, Professor Jeff Hyman, Dr Bob Mason, 1995
3
A Handbook of Employee Reward Management and Practice
The first edition of this book emerged as the definitive guide to reward management and also became an established reference work on human resource management courses around the world.
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Handbook of Employee Engagement: Perspectives, Issues, …
The Handbook of Employee Engagement contains cutting edge contributions from a wide array of world-class scholars and consultants on state-of-the-art topics key to the science and the practice of employee engagement.
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50 Activities for Employee Engagement
This collection of skill-building activities will help you understand what employee engagement really means, how it can help your organization and how to create and maintain an engaged workforce.
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Managing Employee Retention
The book presents a logical process of managing retention, from identifying turnover costs and causes, designing solutions that match the causes of turnover, developing tools for tracking turnover and placing alerts when action is needed, …
Jack J. Phillips, Adele O. Connell, 2004
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Handbook of Research on Employee Voice: Elgar original reference
The contributors are all expert in their field. The book examines the theory and history of employee voice and what voice means to various actors, including employers, middle managers, employees, unions and policy-makers.
Adrian Wilkinson, Jimmy Donaghey, Tony Dundon, 2014
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Employee Empowerment: The Rhetoric and the Reality
Inside this neat little book is a wealth of information on Employee Empowerment.
9
Employee Relations: How to Build Strong Relationships with …
In this book, the author shows you simple strategies to foster good employee relations, to ensure everyone in the organisation works cooperatively towards common goals.» — back cover.
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New Employee Orientation Training
If you ever have to design new employee orientation programs at the organizational or departmental level, here’s a guide that will make the process much easier and help you solve the most common challenges you are likely to face.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPLOYEE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term employee is used in the context of the following news items.
Hulking Panera manager caught on tape punching female employee
The 40-second video, shot at 12:30 p.m. inside the franchise at 304 Park Avenue South, shows the employee yelling at the white-shirted … «New York Post, Jul 15»
Bamboozled: Breakwater Beach security breach puts hundreds of …
The employee information was stored on a company web site that apparently wasn’t protected by password entry. Documents viewed by … «NJ.com, Jul 15»
SCOC agrees to hear case of federal employee dismissed without …
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will examine whether employees can be dismissed from their job without cause. The high court … «CTV News, Jul 15»
Amazon ‘employee‘ to interns: Stay the f*** away
Now, the average employee stays at Amazon for LESS than two years, so when you do the math to compare offers from various companies go … «Times of India, Jul 15»
Watchdog: Shutdown of security clearance system not ‘proactive’ but …
… personnel agency has said — but rather as a reaction to the Chinese hack of federal employee data, a watchdog testified late Wednesday. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Suspects break smoke shop employee’s face with rock, accused of …
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah – An employee of The Smoke Shop in South Jordan is recovering after being hit in the face with a rock while police … «fox13now.com, Jul 15»
Wentzville youth pastor, school employee faces child molestation …
Cameron Patterson, an employee of Wentzville School District and Ballwin Baptist Church, is accused of sexually assaulting one victim while she was between … «KMOV.com, Jul 15»
Time to do away with employee drug testing
If an employee is behaving in a way that would indicate they’re under the influence of some substance in a way that interferes with productivity … «The Hill, Jul 15»
Celebrity support for suspended BC employee
A conservation officer who was suspended for refusing to kill two black bear cubs has earned A-list support after Ricky Gervais publically … «Human Resources Director Canada, Jul 15»
Davidson County grand jury indicts former Crisis Ministry employee
LEXINGTON — Viveca Wallingford, 51, of 906 Kate St., was indicted Monday on eight counts of embezzlement by a charitable employee. «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
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em·ploy·ee
also em·ploy·e (ĕm-ploi′ē, ĭm-, ĕm′ploi-ē′)
n.
A person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
employee
(ɛmˈplɔɪiː; ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː) or
employe
n
(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc, in return for payment. Also called (esp formerly): employé
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
em•ploy•ee
or em•ploy•e
(ɛmˈplɔɪ i, ɛm plɔɪˈi, ˌɛm plɔɪˈi)
n.
a person who has been hired to work for another.
[1825–35; < French employé employed, past participle of employer to employ; see -ee]
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  employee — a worker who is hired to perform a job
worker — a person who works at a specific occupation; «he is a good worker» clerk — an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) company man — an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers copyist, scrivener, scribe — someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts copywriter — a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy crewman — a member of a work crew dispatcher — employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service dog catcher — an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats floater — an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed floorwalker, shopwalker — an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; «a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain» gardener — someone employed to work in a garden gasman — someone employed by a gas company gofer — an employee whose duties include running errands hire — a newly hired employee; «the new hires need special training» hired help — employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively) jobholder — an employee who holds a regular job line worker — an employee who works on an assembly line liveryman — a worker in a livery stable office boy — a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office organization man — an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization Pullman porter, porter — a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars) potboy, potman — a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores public servant — someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment) registrar — a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company sales rep, sales representative, salesperson — a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) sandwichman — a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders spotter — a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) spotter — a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots staff member, staffer — an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) stage technician, stagehand — an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production stocktaker, stock-taker — an employee whose job is to take inventory; «an outside stocktaker had to be hired» sweeper — an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) turncock — one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off typist — someone paid to operate a typewriter employer — a person or firm that employs workers |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
employee
noun worker, labourer, workman, staff member, member of staff, hand, wage-earner, white-collar worker, blue-collar worker, hired hand, job-holder, member of the workforce Many of the company’s employees are women.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
employee
also employe
noun
One who is employed by another:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
zaměstnanec
ansatmedarbejder
työntekijä
zaposlenik
starfsmaîur
従業員
고용인
zamestnanec
uslužbenec
anställd
ลูกจ้าง
nhân viên
employee
[ˌemplɔɪˈiː]
A. N → empleado/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
employee
[ɪmˈplɔɪiː ɛmˈplɔɪiː]
modif [morale, training, turnover] → des employés; [relations] → avec les employés employee benefits, employee contributionemployee benefits npl → avantages mpl sociauxemployee contribution employee’s contribution n (to pension fund) → cotisation f salariale
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
employee
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
employ
(imˈploi) verb
1. to give (especially paid) work to. He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher.
2. to occupy the time or attention of. She was busily employed (in) writing letters.
3. to make use of. You should employ your time better.
emˈployed adjective
having a job; working.
emˈployee, ˌemployˈee (em-) noun
a person employed for wages, a salary etc. That firm has fifty employees.
emˈployer noun
a person who employs others. His employer dismissed him.
emˈployment noun
the act of employing or state of being employed. She was in my employment; This will give employment to more men.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
employee
→ مُوَظَّف zaměstnanec ansat Angestellter υπάλληλος empleado työntekijä employé zaposlenik dipendente 従業員 고용인 werknemer ansatt pracownik funcionário работающий по найму anställd ลูกจ้าง işçi nhân viên 雇员
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers
someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
a member of a work crew
someone employed to make deliveries
someone employed to provide service in a dining room
employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats
an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems
someone employed to work in a garden
someone employed by a gas company
an employee whose duties include running errands
a newly hired employee
employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)
a person who works only for money
an employee who holds a regular job
an employee who works on an assembly line
a worker in a livery stable
a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization
a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders
a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)
an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
an employee whose job is to take inventory
an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
someone employed to collect tolls
an employee of a railroad
one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off
someone paid to operate a typewriter
an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
a female bartender
a workman employed to blast with explosives
a railroad employee responsible for a train’s brakes
a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
a boy who delivers newspapers
someone who delivers coal
someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
a hotel receptionist
someone who earn wages in return for their labor
a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
a delivery boy for groceries
someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
a person with temporary permission to work in another country
a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges
someone who cuts and delivers ice
help hired to work in the kitchen
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)
a workman who puts up laths
one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
a man who delivers the mail
someone who delivers milk
a workman in a mill or factory
workman employed by a moving company
a workman employed to pack things into containers
a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork
a workman who pastes
a clerk who does boring paperwork
a clerk who marks data on a chart
a clerk in a post office
member of the stage crew in charge of properties
the keeper of a public house
a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin
a workman who is employed to repair roads
a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
a salesperson in a store
a woman salesperson
a man salesperson
a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
a workman who uses a tool for scratching
a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
an employee who ships and receives goods
a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard
someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
a workman employed to collect sponges
a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine)
one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
a skilled typist who can type a document without looking at the keyboard
a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on
a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
worker in a railway yard
a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
, (U.S.) employe
n a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc., in return for payment, (Also called (esp. formerly))
employé
employee association
n an organization, other than a trade union, whose members comprise employees of a single employing organization. The aims of the association may be social, recreational, or professional
English Collins Dictionary — English Definition & Thesaurus 
employee
hand, job-holder, staff member, wage-earner, worker, workman
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1. [Comp.] a device that once plugged in is automatically recognized by the system and launches the expected process without any action on the user’s side; 2. [Bus.] a new employee who is able to start work without too much induction and training |
[Comp.];[Bus.] can be used as both noun and adjective: plug and play device; plug and play employee or simply plug and play (noun) |
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The term employee also includes an officer of a corporation.www. law.cornell.edu (a) When used in this title, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent thereof — (1) Person The term person shall be construed to mean and include an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation. ❋ Unknown (2010)
There is no Law that I have ever seen. sites to check out www. losthorizons.com and http www. law.cornell.edu Section 3401 definitions for section 3402 (c) Employee For purposes of this chapter, the term employee includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the United States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing. ❋ Unknown (2010)
There is no Law that I have ever seen. sites to check out www. losthorizons.com and http www. law.cornell.edu Section 3401 definitions for section 3402 (c) Employee For purposes of this chapter, the term employee includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the ❋ Unknown (2010)
The term employee also includes an officer of a corporation.www. law.cornell.edu (a) When used in this title, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent thereof — (1) ❋ Unknown (2010)
The term employee is a mythical concept, created by people who have never seen the reality of human life. ❋ Unknown (2009)
That can be something as simple as a lawyer writing a letter on behalf of the employee, reminding the employer of their obligations under the law and what the employee is asking for, or it can be much more aggressive depending on the circumstances. ❋ Idelle Davidson (2010)
Sometimes though, the employee is already in the right job and keeping them engaged and successful (read happy) means helping them grow where they are, to cultivate new skills within their current position. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The images that are attached assume that the employee is a line employee. ❋ Unknown (2007)
In this period of time, you may have a clear idea if the employee is the appropriate person to develop such work; if he doesn’t, you may finish the labor relationship (only if you have a contract), and must be careful of not going over the 30 days because you lose the right to do so. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Bellaire officials can legally eliminate the position of village street commissioner even though the employee is a U.S. soldier presently serving in the war with Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Proper documentation establishes both that the employee is authorized to work in the U.S. and that the employee who presents the employment authorization document is the person to whom it was issued. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Benefits the employee is already entitled to, like accrued vacation or unemployment insurance, are not adequate consideration. ❋ Unknown (2002)
The provision which requires that service in the public international organization to which the employee is transferred shall be terminated within three years from the date of such transfer to entitle the employee to the reemployment rights conferred by the said paragraph is modified so that Gerald C. ❋ Unknown (1949)
* The maximum credit for each short term employee hired is $2,400. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The provision which requires that service in the public international organization to which the employee is transferred shall be terminated within three years from the date of such transfer to entitle the employee to the reemployment rights conferred by the said paragraph is modified so that Paul D. Miles shall, upon transfer in accordance with the said Executive order from the Federal Communications Commission to the International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union, be entitled to such reemployment rights if his service with the said International Frequency Registration Board is terminated without prejudice within five years from the date of his transfer to such Board; provided that he complies with all other provisions of the said Executive order with respect to such reemployment. ❋ Unknown (1948)
Her husband, two brothers and a sister hold a key positions within the company, but every employee is treated as a member of the extended family. ❋ Alyssa Gardina (2009)
that employee [just] [tossed my salad] ❋ Make_a_wish_kid (2018)
[Jared]: Did you see that boss [kickflip]!
Sam: Anyone [can do] that. It’s totally employee. ❋ FullNelson (2011)
Dude 1: bro I’m feeling miserable at work, what to do?
Dude 2: dude [just quit] and start your own business
Dude 1: but what if I fail?
Dude 2: and what if you succeed? you’ll be your own boss, sleep whenever you want, wake up whenever you want, and take vacations as much as you want!
Dude 1: hmm.. I don’t know.. but I guess I’ll stay at my job. I can’t risk being unable to pay for my mortgage, loans, [kids toys], wife’s [hairdresser]…
Dude 2: ok ok shut up! you’re just a typical employee ❋ Virginkiller90 (2015)
[I am] an [employee] of my [boss]. ❋ Daedalus (2004)
«After [two hours] of work and share [boredum], Brandon started suffering signs of [employeeitis].» ❋ NicandD (2009)
[These are] my [employees] ❋ Snapple Is Good (2019)
[Employees] make the world go around.
1. Employees are usually very happy to accept a job at an agreed price and with agreed conditions. It makes [the employer] wonder why that employee then cannot show to work on time or follow the rules of the workplace and be plain lazy.
2. Employees always feel they should be paid more, work less, get better benefits and be able to set their own hours.
3. Employers bang their heads against the wall, all the while knowing most [employees] are [fucking idiots], but continue to hire as once in a while a decent employee, with management potential comes around. ❋ Dick Splash 2 (2009)
[The Ave] got [butthurt] about getting called an [avetard] and [the Ave] employees reported because they’re little bitches. ❋ TurnM3Up (2020)
Person 1: Dude I just met this Zara Employee
Person 2: SHIT [I GOTTA GO] [SAVE] MY [FISHES] ❋ Beaksss (2022)
John wanted to [stay at home] during the COVID-19 quarantine across America, but he was told he was an [essential employee] and could lose his job if he didn’t show up for work. Having no savings, John swallowed his pride, went to work, got infected with COVID-19 by a [fellow employee] in the same situation, and died. ❋ Sausage75 (2020)
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a prospective employee
▪ A good pension scheme is the benefit most prospective employees look for.
new member/employee/student etc
▪ training for new employees
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
federal
▪ But the largest part of the permanent government is the bureaucracy, which has about three million federal civilian employees.
▪ And, unlike federal employees, they have no guarantee of pay for lost time.
▪ It eliminates the one-year waiting period for federal employees.
▪ For example, a federal employee who was thinking of buying a new car is going to postpone that decision.
▪ Only 13 percent of top federal employees said they would recommend a career in public service.
▪ He remains a federal employee and is handling preparations for the upcoming meeting of the seven major industrial nations.
female
▪ Once he ordered one of the directors to leave a female employee alone.
▪ As luck would have it, two of the female employees in the department were pregnant.
▪ Sheila Redmond is also looking at the possibility of arranging talks on the menopause for female employees.
▪ Ultimately, they were assured of a cheap and exploitable labor force through the constant turnover of young, female employees.
▪ Male and female employees were represented by separate union locals until 1977.
▪ That interpretation was widely viewed as favoring business over minority and female employees attempting to charge job discrimination.
▪ A female employee is known to associate after work with a sexually active crowd of young people.
new
▪ When I meet a prospective new employee they often seem more concerned with their job title than they do with their salary.
▪ Companies have always trained new employees.
▪ What do I check if I’ve got a new employee?
▪ More and more, new employees are recruited to Hanes from other companies.
▪ However, in general, new employees receive some elements of the expenses package given to existing staff.
▪ Long-term experience in a company allows one to evoke stories and myths as a way of controlling the behavior of newer employees.
▪ Whatever the circumstances an open and frank discussion must take place between the new employee and her manager at the earliest opportunity.
▪ The Disney Company has a wonderful orientation program for new employees.
public
▪ The price to pay for picking up the public asset should be respect for the pension rights of the public company employees.
▪ More than 12 million of our 15. 1 million full-time civilian public employees work for state or local government.
▪ The country has about 6m public employees of all kinds.
▪ Management fads come and go, as all public employees know.
▪ The scale and pace of technological change mean that the public as well as employees are crucially at risk.
▪ In part for this reason, in part because several public employees unions opposed any merit pay, Congress yawned.
▪ Regulations have also been discussed regarding the suspension and dismissal of public employees who do not express loyalty to General Noriega.
▪ Competition boosts the pride and morale of public employees.
■ NOUN
government
▪ It was widely believed that middle and low-level government employees accepted gifts in return for favours.
▪ The same principle applies to most of the decisions government employees make.
▪ Teachers were government employees, as everyone knew, but nobody called them servants.
▪ They claim government changes are contributing towards prison disorder. Government employees have been picketing social security offices in Oxford and Gloucester.
▪ And the forest products companies often perform this public service on public lands, under the guidance of government employees.
▪ The austerity plan was likely to involve the dismissal of thousands of government employees.
▪ In other words, the typical diplomat is much like his fellow government employee in Washington.
state
▪ The protest was held in opposition to government plans to dismiss 25,000 state employees in order to reduce fiscal spending by 42 percent.
▪ Family Eldercare also helps out-of-#state employees with concerns about aging relatives who live in Austin.
▪ Most of the early strikers were state employees.
▪ They invited state employees to voluntarily submit proposals for projects to improve performance.
▪ The presidents’ men have organised counter-demonstrations, mainly consisting of unenthusiastic state employees.
▪ In 1994, the latest available national data, an average state employee in Arizona was paid $ 19, 587.
▪ This definition includes routine non-manual workers such as clerks and typists as working class, and extends to many state employees.
▪ In Jones’ suit, filed in May 1994, the former Arkansas state employee claimed that then-Gov.
■ VERB
allow
▪ The redundancy payments legislation allows employees a four-week trial period in which to make up their minds.
▪ In a retreat, House leaders proposed allowing employees to return to work with pay while budget talks proceed.
▪ The second proposal would allow employees a limited amount of time off per year in return for working overtime.
▪ It also allows employees to offer testimonials on which products and services are good, Phillips said.
▪ Having a home office is necessary to allow the employee to properly perform his duties.
▪ Patagonia allows employees two months of paid and two months of unpaid leave and allows them to return gradually to work.
give
▪ His conclusion was that these groups could be turned into productive forces by giving the employees a sense of being appreciated.
▪ Finally, Preston gave employees access to a much wider range of information about the company.
▪ Pro-active means giving your employees a pay rise before the unions demand it.
▪ Many private plans also refuse to do the paperwork necessary to give employees the option of repaying their loans.
▪ The former gives the employee an option and the latter extends the situations in which the option is available.
▪ Some supervisors who would not hesitate to give an employee a warning notice never realize the value of praise.
▪ A bad interviewer can give a potentially excellent employee such a negative impression that he or she loses interest in the job.
▪ This approach gives the employees a much greater chance of being successful.
help
▪ Support — help the employees in their work. 3.
▪ Family Eldercare also helps out-of-state employees with concerns about aging relatives who live in Austin.
▪ With appropriate coaching and recognition, you can help your employees be more productive and meet these goals.
▪ Many canteens in the Wedgwood Group are taking steps to help employees change their diets for the better.
▪ Employee Development Programs help employees develop their talents and capacities through training sessions, workshops, and the like.
▪ Alternatively, you could list the ways you have helped coworkers and other employees below you during the week.
pay
▪ The total amount of contributions and tax paid by each employee is entered on the P35.
▪ He was asked to resign after pressing for cuts in retirement benefits paid out to employees of the public sector.
▪ Those contributions are normally in excess of those paid by employees.
▪ Similar problems arise in decisions about how and what to pay managers, and how and what to pay employees.
▪ More would be paid by contractors’ employees in tax.
▪ Organisations may pay for just the employee and spouse to view accommodation or may make provision for children to go too.
provide
▪ Finally, the policy also aims to provide assistance to employees with other substance abuse problems.
▪ Few, however, would provide employees with any detailed information supporting their decisions.
▪ No legal aid is available to provide representation for employees.
▪ Meantime, businesses increasingly are providing employee incentives to reduce traffic.
▪ The study found that 89 percent of all companies interviewed provide assistance for an employee buying a home in the new location.
▪ Fitness, which provides employee health and exercise programs to 50 businesses in the northeast.
▪ Employee trusts Employee trusts have increased in popularity over the past decade or so as a method of providing incentives for employees.
▪ Hewlett-Packard Co., which is supplying the hardware to Ford, provides computers only to employees who need them for work.
require
▪ There was no term in their contracts entitling the employer to require that the employees move.
▪ Employers will by law be required to offer employees a choice among at least three so-called Food Benefit Plans.
▪ Typically organisations require employees to obtain two or three estimates and base their payment on the lowest one.
▪ Delicacy and tact are required for employees in this anytime / anyplace workforce.
▪ To do this, he requires information about current employees.
▪ Federal law currently requires employees who work more than 40 hours in one week to be paid overtime wages.
▪ Thus, employers are acting within their contractual rights if they require the employees to move.
work
▪ On returning to work employees are offered a position at at least the same level as their last job.
▪ The most valued individuals will be those who can work effectively with other employees in a team effort.
▪ To work with employees of the system in school improvement efforts and professional development activities.
▪ Such a formula simply cannot work for employer or employee.
▪ How much longer was she expected to work as an employee in a store?
▪ Not at all: It works well with Honda employees in nations around the globe.
▪ After working with his employees in subsequent sessions, I understood why.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
model wife/employee/student etc
▪ Afterwards she would be full of remorse and would return to playing the clean-living model student.
▪ First, she had to have earned good grades; second, she had to have been a model student.
▪ He is in other words a model student though not necessarily a good one.
▪ How is that model employee of yours?
▪ In all she was a model wife, and earned the esteem of everyone in the town.
▪ Two other girls were model students.
▪ Unlike Aung San and Sukarno he was a model student, excelling despite his marginal position.
▪ Xavier Hicks, model student, was being charged with assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a concealed weapon.
prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc
▪ Abele also will provide prospective buyers with e-mail updates of new listings that meet their criteria.
▪ In University City, some agents issue similar warnings to prospective buyers.
▪ It’s putting off prospective buyers.
▪ Not only does a company interview prospective employees, the would-be employees are supposed to interview the company.
▪ Once you have a list of prospective candidates, you need to do a bit of research.
▪ Requiring drug tests of this discrete group of citizens is an intrusion, a humiliation and a subtle deterrent to prospective candidates.
▪ The élite squads work more intensively and aim to produce at least three prospective candidates in each weight division.
▪ The only way they can market their products is to produce literature detailed enough to convince the prospective buyer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Employees of American Airlines get generous reductions on the cost of flights.
▪ a government employee.
▪ Sara gets an employee discount at Carson’s.
▪ The restrooms are for employees only.
▪ We are a multi-national corporation with 140,000 employees worldwide.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An employee needs to show that he has been in two years continuous employment.
▪ Charles Fanniel, the union president, would prefer the comfort of guaranteed jobs for his employees.
▪ It is found that receipts are stamped with a firm’s name and merely initialled by a cashier or other employee.
▪ It laid off about 90 of its 170 employees.
▪ Laid-off employees, of which there have been 105 since January, each received a severance package and a computer.
▪ Now fairly standard practice across the country, the employee magazine was new to us when it was suggested.
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Defenition of the word employee
- An individual who provides labour to a company or another person for a salary.
- a worker who is hired to perform a job
Synonyms for the word employee
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- member of staff
- worker
Similar words in the employee
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- employee
- employee’s
Hyponyms for the word employee
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- barkeep
- barkeeper
- barman
- bartender
- clerk
- company man
- copyist
- copywriter
- crewman
- deliverer
- delivery boy
- deliveryman
- dining-room attendant
- dispatcher
- dog catcher
- dustman
- floater
- floorwalker
- garbage collector
- garbage man
- gardener
- gasman
- gofer
- hire
- hired help
- hireling
- jobholder
- line worker
- liveryman
- mixologist
- office boy
- organization man
- pensionary
- porter
- potboy
- potman
- public servant
- Pullman porter
- railroad man
- railroader
- railway man
- railwayman
- refuse collector
- registrar
- restaurant attendant
- sales rep
- sales representative
- salesperson
- sandwichman
- scribe
- scrivener
- shop assistant
- shopwalker
- spotter
- staff member
- staffer
- stage technician
- stagehand
- stock-taker
- stocktaker
- sweeper
- toll agent
- toll collector
- toll taker
- toller
- tollgatherer
- tollkeeper
- tollman
- trainman
- turncock
- typist
- working man
- working person
- workingman
- workman
Hypernyms for the word employee
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- worker
Antonyms for the word employee
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- employer
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