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employment office

British  

noun

  1. Former names: employment exchange.   labour exchange.  any of a number of government offices established to collect and supply to the unemployed information about job vacancies and to employers information about availability of prospective workers See also Jobcentre

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The employment office also mentions that transportation will be provided, a new concern as “commuting” is normalized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

A second person showed up and worked for part of the day before sustaining an injury and returning to the employment office to say he had gotten hurt on the job.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

In a statement Friday, Barnes said the building will have eight apartments of recovery housing, a recovery drop-in center, employment office and a bakery offering on-the-job training.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2023

Through July 29, the employment office has fielded more than 133,000 claims, nearly five times the number processed in all of 2019.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2020

A woman interrogated a husky girl in an employment office, who was a recent importation from Lapland.

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