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the general assumption
a general belief; we believe it to be true (often without any real proof)
in spite of
despite; although
pay scale
a salary structure; a system to determine how much money you earn in your job depending on age or time
to persuade
to convince; to make someone believe you
a proposition
a suggestion
an attractive job position
an interesting job opportunity
piece-rates
you are paid by content (unit of production at a fixed rate) not by time on the job
to employ someone
to hire someone for a job
to retain the services
to keep the services
an innovation
a change, transformation or reorganisation
to be devised by
to arrange, to design, to come up with
to re-employ
to hire again
to retain
to keep, to hold on to
the intellectual capital
the experience, knowledge and education of the workers
to tempt someone to do something
to attract, to captivate, to make someone want to do something
bridge-jobs
part-time or temporary employment that creates a gradual transition from full-time work to retirment
