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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocabulary question no. 22 - can you help me find the right word/term?

Hi there,

Is there a word in English (and I'm looking for both a formal and informal variation) that describes workers who cannot be sacked? We could say He's got a permanent position I suppose but that's not what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance!
  

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If a professor gets tenure he/she has the right to stay permanently in his/her teaching job. I hope this helps.

— Nikoo

  • If a professor gets tenure he/she has the right to stay permanently in his/her teaching job.
  • I hope this helps.
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If a professor gets tenure he/she has the right to stay permanently in his/her teaching job. I hope this helps. Emotion: smile
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In the academic world, some faculty members have tenure.

He's got a permanent position This does not mean he can't be sacked. It just means that the job is not temporary,
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Perfect StrangerIs there a word in English (and I'm looking for both a formal and informal variation) that describes workers who cannot be sacked?
Except as already described above, there is no such thing, at least not in the U.S., unless you have a life-time appointment, like a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

CJ
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Thanks guys!

I'm familiar with tenure but it's only for professors, as you said yourself.

Is there a slang word for sb. who can't be "touched" and fired? Or perhaps there is a figure of speech/metaphor that people sometimes use even though a person actually can be sacked?

If not, thanks anyway.
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