Catchword: insourcing

Filed under: English, Employment, Jargon

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Under the Aer Lingus deal workers who returned to the airline would have to operate on the basis of full flexibility and mobility within and between departments, buildings and work locations.…For unions, such leave-and-return arrangements, or “insourcing” as they are called, are preferable to alternatives where staff are let go and replaced by personnel supplied through employment agencies.

Article or document title:
“Airline’s deal will be watched closely” (URL)

Article, document, publication, web site:
Irish Times

Publishing location:
Dublin, Ireland

Date of publication:
Dec. 3, 2008

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