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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are told to work" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where someone is instructed or directed to perform a task or job.
Example: "Employees are told to work overtime during the busy season to meet deadlines."
Alternatives: "are instructed to work" or "are directed to work".
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Workers in the west are told to work longer and harder to meet the brutal competitive challenge from the east.
People are told to work harder and get better at those areas, but people don't have to be good at everything.
Journalists, judges and others are told to "work together to build the nation", rather than carping at the government or uncovering corruption.
In some cases, room attendants are told to work unpaid beyond their set hours until their quota of rooms are completed – an illegal practice that reduces the minimum hourly rate to even less.
They watch their parents struggling to make ends meet and are told to work hard at school only to find that without connections they can't get a job - or a flat, or decent medical care.
The Bible and related Judaic-Christian teaching are pro-capitalist, he argues, because God's people are told to work and encouraged to be creative (which could be read as entrepreneurial), and because the Tenth Commandment forbids envy (including envy of the 1 percent).
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Thousands have been told to work on farms.
The State Department was told to "work with" other countries.
At first DePronio was told to work from home.
The building was evacuated, and employees were told to work from home on Thursday.
When big orders come in, for instance, he says he can be told to work longer.
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