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# Employer, Employee, (un)employment

## Common Expression

* get a reference from your (present / last) employer
* employees are laid off / made redundant
* (comanies, factories) provide employment
* employer-employee relations
* employment agency
* unemployment benefit
* high / low unemployment
* unemployment rate

## Exercises

### Common Expressions

1. I live in an area of high unemployment. It's almost impossible to find a job.
2. The new shoe factory will provide employment for hundreds of local people.
3. We will need a reference from your last employer before we interview you.
4. The shipyard has had to lay off about 100 employees because it has had no new orders.
5. Employer-employee relations have sunk to an all-time[^1] low. A strike is planned.
6. The unemployment rate is now at 15% and it's still rising!
7. I got a job as a secretary through an employment agency.
8. Are you claiming unemployment benefit while you're out of work?

## Note

### Note these expression:

* The National Health Service is the largest single employer in our town.
* The government is determined to bring down unemployment.

[^1]: 空前的