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overwork

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To make (someone) work too hard.

  • To overwork a horse

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has failed to protect female migrant domestic workers from beatings, hunger, overwork, underpayment and forced labour, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday, urging authorities in the Gulf State to end the traditional kafala visa sponsorship system, which perpetuates much of the exploitation.

"The UAE's sponsorship system chains domestic workers to their employers and then leaves them isolated and at risk of abuse behind the closed doors of private homes," said Rothna Begum, Middle East women's rights researcher at HRW. "With no labour law protection for domestic workers, employers can, and many do, overwork, underpay and abuse these women".

Such is England's reluctance to overwork their two most senior bowlers, that until this tour Broad and Anderson had not played together in the same one-day team since the 2013 Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston, when India won a rain-affected match by five runs.

He seems a classic case of CKD by heat stress due to overwork in the sun, until I ask about his work.

To achieve the desired lightness, don't overwork the batter.

These biscuits are supposed to be rubbly and crumbly, so it's important not to overwork the dough, a couple of light kneads under the heel of your palm can help to give it the strength to hold its shape during rolling and baking.

European labour laws rein in overwork, but in Britain four in ten managers, victims of what was once known as "the American disease", say they put in more than 60 hours a week.

When the Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia in 1975-79, almost 2m people were killed, or died from starvation, overwork or illness.Officials say they may seek international help with the proceedings.

Its corporate equivalent is karoshi, "death by overwork".

They complain of job insecurity, low pay rises, overwork and "job spill" as e-mail and voice-mail pursue them after work, eroding out-of-office life with family, friends and community.In this section Skin deep Power plants Italy's new literary parks Hope in a hate-infected city Patches of green Jerusalem, thou that killeth Wish you were here Not proven What has work become?

Thus parents who want the best education for their child must overwork to afford a house in a good school district.

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