out-of-work in the PONS Dictionary

out-of-work Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be out of work
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Shocking new figures show that over one million people have spent the past ten years claiming at least one of the three main out-of-work benefits.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Unfortunately, stay-at-home or out-of-work spouses can not qualify as a dependent.
money.usnews.com
Indeed, the public believes that one of the causes of unemployment is that out-of-work benefits are too generous.
www.telegraph.co.uk
This comic strip is about an employment agency for out-of-work cartoon characters.
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The out-of-work director had a shady past.
en.wikipedia.org
Only 3 per cent of families on out-of-work benefits have five or more children, for example -- but that's still nearly 40,000 families.
blogs.channel4.com
In order to determine if the stunts could actually be performed, and to set appropriate time limits for them, the producers hired out-of-work actors to try them out.
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The goal of the publicity effort was to build support for major new federal public works projects which would employ, among other others, out-of-work carpenters.
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Rent controls were continued after the war, and an out-of-work donation was introduced for ex-servicemen and civilians.
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Using a portion of the funds, out-of-work oyster catchers were employed to repopulate crucial reefs.
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