staggered working hours

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• working hours — n. regular; staggered working hours (during regular working hours) * * * [ˌwɜːkɪŋ aʊəz] staggered working hours (during regular working hours) regular …   Combinatory dictionary

• flexible working — 1) Any method of working which deviates from the standard work pattern, including for example, annualised hours (see annualised hours contract), compressed hours, flexitime, home working, job sharing, self roistering, shift working, staggered… …   Law dictionary

• stagger — The schedule of months in which quarterly returns for VAT and Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) are due. Traders registered for VAT and IPT are generally required to submit returns every quarter. For administrative purposes, the dates on which returns… …   Financial and business terms

• stagger — I UK [ˈstæɡə(r)] / US [ˈstæɡər] verb Word forms stagger : present tense I/you/we/they stagger he/she/it staggers present participle staggering past tense staggered past participle staggered * 1) [intransitive] to walk in an uncontrolled way, as… …   English dictionary

• stagger — stag|ger1 [ stægər ] verb * ▸ 1 walk in uncontrolled way ▸ 2 surprise and shock someone ▸ 3 arrange so not straight ▸ 4 arrange at various times ▸ 5 continue although hard 1. ) intransitive to walk in an uncontrolled way, as if you are going to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• stagger — stag|ger1 [ˈstægə US ər] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: stacker to stagger (13 19 centuries), from Old Norse stakra, from staka to push ] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] to walk or move unsteadily, almost falling over = ↑stumble ▪ He managed to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• German Empire —    The German Empire was proclaimed on January 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, not far from where the Prussian army besieged Paris in the final days of the Franco Prussian War. The German Empire, occasionally referred to as the… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• stagger — 1 verb 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk or move unsteadily, almost falling over (+ away/into/down etc): The old man staggered drunkenly to his feet. | Marcus came staggering through the door with his groceries. 2 (transitive usually… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stagger — / stægə/ verb to arrange holidays or working hours so that they do not all begin and end at the same time ● Staggered holidays help the tourist industry. ● We have to stagger the lunch hour so that there is always someone on the switchboard. ● We …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium