Translations for „skeleton staff“ in the English » German Dictionary

skel·eton ˈstaff N (minimal number of people necessary)

skeleton staff

Rumpfbelegschaft f

skeleton staff

Minimalbesetzung f

skeleton staff N

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skeleton staff (resulting in limited service)

Notbesetzung f

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English

You have thousands of people attending these sporting events but the security is usually a skeleton staff, sometimes even made of unlicensed volunteers.

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But there is concern that some firms are inclined to hire only a skeleton staff to maximise profits.

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Still, concerts and plays have continued, although more sporadically and with a skeleton staff.

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Currently the mining company employs 100 people and is expected to run at a skeleton staff of 10 in the next few months.

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These buildings can accommodate 85 people over summer, with a skeleton staff of between 10 and 14 people remaining over the winter.

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It is now maintaining the mining operation on a skeleton staff.

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The stunned survivors -- never has the phrase skeleton staff been more apposite -- chose to react more in sorrow than in anger.

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Family run food businesses are often run with a skeleton staff, so it's difficult to open 12 hours every day.

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The building itself is beautiful, but with only a skeleton staff using the office space, it seems almost a ghost town inside.

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Another set of redundancies were made later that year and the network ran on a skeleton staff.

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