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  2. Beard (companion) - Wikipedia

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    The titular talent agent is the beard, pretending to date Tina, a single woman who is actually having an affair with married singer Lou Canova, Danny's client. By posing as Tina's date, Danny can bring her to Lou's performance without drawing attention from Lou's suspicious wife. The term "beard" is a running gag, used four times (e.g.

  3. Chauffeur - Wikipedia

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    A chauffeur in Japan standing next to a Nissan Fuga. A chauffeur (French pronunciation:) is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or a limousine.

  4. Hire - Wikipedia

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    Hire or HIRE may refer to: Employment; Rental or Equipment rental; Payment for the use of a ship under a time charter; Hire (surname) Hire (Messenia), a town of ancient Messenia, Greece; Hire, Nebraska, a community in the United States; Hire Township, McDonough County, Illinois, a township in the United States; Hiré, a town in the Ivory Coast

  5. Temporary work - Wikipedia

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    Easy hire: Those meeting technical requirements for the type of work are often virtually guaranteed a job without a selection process. In this sense, it could be argued that finding work as a temporary worker would be more accessible. Also, in some cases, agencies will hire temporary workers without submission of a résumé or an interview [39]

  6. Strikebreaker - Wikipedia

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    He dates the first use of the term blackleg in reference to strikebreaking to the United Kingdom in 1859. The use of the term blackleg for a strikebreaker was, however, previously recorded in 1832 during the trial of special constable George Weddell for killing and slaying Cuthbert Skipsey, a striking pitman, near Chirton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ...

  7. Labour hire - Wikipedia

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    Labour hire is a form of employment in which an employer directs their de jure employees ("labour hire employees", or "agency workers") to perform work at an external workplace, belonging to a client of the legal employer. [1] [2] A labour-hire agency employs workers who are then "on-hired" to perform labour for a second party organisation.

  8. Acqui-hiring - Wikipedia

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    Acqui-hiring (a portmanteau of "acquisition" and "hiring") is the acquisition of startups or other small companies primarily to acquire human capital. [1] [2] The term acqui-hire was coined in 2005.

  9. Labour hire (Australia) - Wikipedia

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    Labour hire arrangements are used by many large companies in Australia in their workforce. A prominent example is the Amazon MEL1 facility, located in Dandenong South.It was reported by the Sydney Morning Herald that 100% of the non-managerial workforce at that facility is provided by Adecco.