workforce
work‧force /ˈwɜːkfɔːs $ ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/
noun [singular]
all the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area ⇨ staff:
Women now represent almost 50% of the workforce.
The company is cutting its workforce.
skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce
▪ worker someone who does a particular type of job, or someone who works for an organization but is not a manager: a post-office worker | The workers are threatening to go on strike. | The report shows that male manual workers earn twice as much as female workers.
▪employee someone who has a job, especially a permanent job, with a particular company or organization: Employees of the airline get generous reductions on the cost of flights.
▪member of staff/staff member one of the people who work for a company, organization, school etc - used especially in official contexts: Training opportunities are available to all members of staff. | Several staff members complained about his increasing strange behaviour.
▪colleague (also coworker especially American English) someone you work with – use this especially about people who do professional jobs in offices, schools etc: I’d like you to meet a colleague of mine, Jean-Michel Blanc. | What should you do if a co-worker is injured?
▪workforce all the people that work in a country, industry, or large organization: Women make up 41% of the workforce.
▪staff all the people who work in a company, organization, school etc: The staff were clearly worried about rumours of job losses. | sales staff
work‧force /ˈwɜːkfɔːs $ ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/
noun [singular]all the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area ⇨ staff:
skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce
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