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Pleno emprgo

English translation: Full employment

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Portuguese term or phrase:Pleno emprego
English translation:Full employment
Entered by: R. Alex Jenkins

18:54 Mar 16, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: Pleno emprgo
XXXX advoga a tese do pleno emprego, exigência difícil de ser efetivada nos últimos tempos, especialmente em virtude da onda neoliberal....

This comes from a section of a document on the right to work - leisure - free time etc. all rights outlined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights.
Phillippa May Bennett
Portugal
Local time: 05:08
Full employment
Explanation:
That is; without any unemployment.

My suggestion.
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R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 01:08
Grading comment
Thanks very much for help :-) I do wonder the same about 'full employmen'!!
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9Full employment
R. Alex Jenkins
5full-time job
mariavaz


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Full employment


Explanation:
That is; without any unemployment.

My suggestion.

R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 01:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26
Grading comment
Thanks very much for help :-) I do wonder the same about 'full employmen'!!
Notes to answerer
Asker: *employment (with a 't')! Sorry!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gustavo Silva: The majority of economists believe the unemployment rate is greater than 0% when there is full employment. They correspond this idea to the Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU).
7 mins
  -> Does "full employment" actually exist I wonder? Cheers :)
agree  jack_speak
9 mins
  -> Cheers, Jack. Have a great Sunday :)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
33 mins
  -> Cheers, Claudio :)
agree  lexical: The great mantra of politicians in the 60s and 70s, while pursuing socialist policies calculated to destroy employment.//I think you mean "tha' yonder pit". Let's get our dialects right!
47 mins
  -> Along with "get ye down thine yonder pit m'lad" and support your local scallywag Arthur Scargill TU.
agree  JoGoes
1 hr
  -> Cheers, Jo :)
agree  rhandler: What else?
1 hr
  -> Cheers, Ralph :)
agree  Elvira Alves Barry
1 hr
  -> Cheers, Elvira :)
agree  Patrícia Louro Gomes
3 hrs
  -> Cheers :)
agree  Márcio Badra: Economês clássico, muito embora não seja mais entendido como desemprego igual a zero, mas sim o nível máximo de emprego possível sem afetar a inflação.
20 hrs
  -> Cheers :)
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
full-time job


Explanation:
emprego a tempo inteiro, in portuguese

mariavaz
Local time: 05:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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