Employment
Employment noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.
Labor
Labor noun - A dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work.
Employment is a synonym for labor in work topic. Sometimes you can use "Employment" instead a noun "Labor".
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Labor is taken from the workforce as a whole - shut down an industry and all those previously working there will be employed elsewhere, regardless of the nature of employment.
Source: Video Game / Pharaoh - Early in the book, CC observes that there is near-universal employment on Vesta because human labor is cheaper than robot assistants; but later she admires how Margaret cleverly programs her party lighting to make up for the fact that human labor was at a premium. Wut??
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If an inmate survives their first three years working hard labor in the ruby mines of Velant, they earn a Ticket of Leave that permits them to leave the prison, set up a homestead in the colony itself, and find gainful employment.
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