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In the US, dispatch workers would work in a police station, emergency call center, taxi company, etc where they would receive calls and dispatch ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. dispatchworkers Threadstarter meijin Startdate Jan28,2019 meijin SeniorMember Tokyo Japanese Hi,pleaseseethefollowingquotesfromthesameJapaneseEnglish-languagenewspaper. AnewreportbytheHealth,LaborandWelfareMinistryrevealedthat5,631dispatchworkerswereinjuredorkilledinwork-relatedaccidentsin2008. Source:Tempworkercasualties AccordingtoChikaShinohara,anassociateprofessoratMomoyamaGakuinUniversity’sDepartmentofSociology,“TheEqualEmploymentOpportunityLawrequirestheemployertopreventsexualharassment.”Thelawalsomakesclearthatitcoversnotonlyregularworkersbutalsononregularworkersincludingpart-time,contractanddispatchemployees. Source:HarassersexploitGaba's'man-to-man'lessonformat Isn't"dispatchedworkers/employees"moreappropriatesincetheyweredispatchedbytempagencies?   lingobingo SeniorMember London English-England Idon’tthinkthistermisusedintheUK.Itseemstomeansomethingverysimilartotempsbeingsenttoanassignmentasemployeesofthetempagencyratherthanthefirmthey’resentto,butonamuchlargerscale–inotherwords,wherethewholeworkforceissuppliedbyanagency.Idon’tknowifthatarrangementevenexistshere.   Myridon SeniorMember Texas English-US IntheUS,dispatchworkerswouldworkinapolicestation,emergencycallcenter,taxicompany,etcwheretheywouldreceivecallsanddispatchpeopletorespondtothecalls. "Dispatchedworkers"soundslikeaeuphemismfor"killed/deadworkers."   JulianStuart SeniorMember SonomaCountyCA English(UKthenUS) Part-time,contractanddispatcharebeingusedasdescriptorsforthedifferentcategories.Contractanddispatcharebeingusedasadjectives.(Iwonderwhyyoudidn'talsothinkcontractshouldbecontracted?)   Lastedited:Jan28,2019 kentix SeniorMember English-U.S. JulianStuartsaid: Part-time,contractanddispatcharebeingusedasdesriptorsforthedifferentcategories.Contractanddispatcharebeingusedasadjectives.(Iwonderwhyyoudidn'talsothinkcontractshouldbecontracted?) Clicktoexpand... Whathesaid. Categorynamesdon'tgetmodifiedinthatsortofcontext.   meijin SeniorMember Tokyo Japanese Myridonsaid: IntheUS,dispatchworkerswouldworkinapolicestation,emergencycallcenter,taxicompany,etcwheretheywouldreceivecallsanddispatchpeopletorespondtothecalls. Clicktoexpand... Iknewtheywerecalleddispatchers,andwaswonderingif"dispatchedworkers"wouldmeanthesame.Judgingfromyourreply,itdoes. JulianStuartsaid: Part-time,contractanddispatcharebeingusedasdescriptorsforthedifferentcategories.Contractanddispatcharebeingusedasadjectives.(Iwonderwhyyoudidn'talsothinkcontractshouldbecontracted?) Clicktoexpand... kentixsaid: Whathesaid. Categorynamesdon'tgetmodifiedinthatsortofcontext. Clicktoexpand... You'reright.Itotallyforgotaboutcontractworkers. ReadingLingobingo'sandMyridon'sreplies,itseemtheterm"dispatch(ed)worker"isn'tcommoninboththeUKandtheUS.Doyoucallthem"agencytemps"whenyouwanttoorneedtodistinguishthemfromothertemporaryworkers(e.g.freelancers,consultants)?Oristhereamorecommonterm?   lingobingo SeniorMember London English-England DispatchedlabourseemstobemainlyaJapanesephenomenon:Dispatchedlabor-Wikipedia   meijin SeniorMember Tokyo Japanese lingobingosaid: DispatchedlabourseemstobemainlyaJapanesephenomenon:Dispatchedlabor-Wikipedia Clicktoexpand... Ihadreadsomepartofthearticlebeforestartingthethread.Dispatch(ed)workershereinJapanarepeoplewhoregisterwithoneormoretempagenciesandthengetdispatchedtoacompanylookingfortemporaryworkers.Aren'tthesetempagenciesthesameasthetempagenciesyoumentionedearlier?Letmeaskagain.Doyoucallthem"agencytemps"whenyouwanttoorneedtodistinguishthemfromothertemporaryworkers(e.g.freelancers,consultants)?Oristhereamorecommonterm?   lingobingo SeniorMember London English-England Seepost#2.I’dneverheardthetermandIhavenoideaiftheconceptevenexistsintheUK.   meijin SeniorMember Tokyo Japanese lingobingosaid: Itseemstomeansomethingverysimilartotempsbeingsenttoanassignmentasemployeesofthetempagency Clicktoexpand... Accordingtothiscomment,tempsandtempagenciesexistintheUK.DispatchagenciesinJapan(someofuscallthem"tempagencies"whendescribingtheminEnglish)andtempagenciesintheUKarebasicallythesamething,Ithink.Ordoes"tempagency"meansomethingdifferentintheUK? Temporaryworkerssentfromtempagenciestotheworkplaceandtemporaryworkersdirectlyhiredattheworkplace(e.g.freelances,consultants)areboth"temporaryworkers"or"temps".Whatdoyoucallthefirstgroupwhendistinguishingthemfromthesecondgroup?   lingobingo SeniorMember London English-England Ihaven’tworkedasatempsincetheDarkAges,soIreallydon’tknowthecurrentsituationhere.   meijin SeniorMember Tokyo Japanese lingobingosaid: Ihaven’tworkedasatempsincetheDarkAges,soIreallydon’tknowthecurrentsituationhere. Clicktoexpand... I'vefoundthefollowinginfoinDifferentkindsofemploymentstatus. Agencyworkers Agencyworkershaveacontractwithanemploymentorrecruitmentbusinessandarethenhiredouttoworkfortheagency’sclients,usuallyonatemporarybasis.However,youremploymentstatuscanvary. Lesscommonareagencyemployees,whoareonwhatiscalleda‘paybetweenassignments’contract.Normally,agencyworkersonlygetpaidwhenthey’reonassignment,butagencyemployeescontinuetogetpaid,evenwhenthey’renotworking. It'sinterestingthesepeoplearecalled"agencyworkers"and"agencyemployees"intheUK.Tome,theybothsoundlikepeoplewhoworkattheagency. Isupposethesetermsaren'treallyusedbythegeneralpublicintheUK?   kentix SeniorMember English-U.S. Wejustcallthemtempshere.Ifyougetjobsthroughatempagencyyou'reatemp. Contractworkersandfreelanceworkersaren'ttemps.They'recontractorsandfreelancers. Edited: Thelastsentencecorrectedtosay"they're"insteadof"there".   Lastedited:Jan29,2019 meijin SeniorMember Tokyo Japanese kentixsaid: Wejustcallthemtempshere.Ifyougetjobsthroughatempagencyyou'reatemp. Contractworkersandfreelanceworkersaren'ttemps.Therecontractorsandfreelancers. Clicktoexpand... SoifsomeonefromJapansaid,forexample,"I'veworkedasadispatch(ed)employeeforseveralyearsnow",wouldyouranswerbe"What'sthat?"orwouldyouthinkhewasadispatcher?   kentix SeniorMember English-U.S. Iwouldthink"What'sthat?"(Dispatchersdothedispatching,theyaren'tdispatched.) (Iwouldn'tthinkthis,becausetheywerestandinginfrontofme,butassomeonesaidearlier,adispatchedemployeesoundslikeonewhohasbeenkilled.Dispatchedisacommon"literary"synonymforkilled.)   Lastedited:Jan29,2019 meijin SeniorMember Tokyo Japanese kentixsaid: Contractworkersandfreelanceworkersaren'ttemps.They'recontractorsandfreelancers. Clicktoexpand... I'mwonderingif"temp"isjustanabbreviationfor"temporaryworker"or"temporaryemployee".Forexample,ifIasked"Abouthowmanytemporaryemployeesdoyoucurrentlyhave?"tocompanypresidentsinasurvey,wouldtheyexcludefreelancers,independentprofessionals,etc.hiredforashortperiodoftimefromtheiranswers?Ifso,shouldIusesomeotherterm(e.g."Abouthowmanycontingentemployeesdoyou...")oruseadifferentexpression(e.g."Abouthowmanyemployeesworkingtemporarilydoyou...")?   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top