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Technically speaking?

Again, in the top example, “he” is considered unemployed because he’s registered as such with the government and perhaps still gets employment benefits on a weekly or monthly, basis. And therefore, even though he sometimes works part-time, he remains, technically speaking, unemployed.

By the way, I said he gets “employment benefits”. That’s another technical jargon. It’s only a few dollars and cents he gets from the government, I am sure, for being unable to work. I mean, the money is often way below the minimum wage and therefore not much of a “benefit” to speak of. A benefit, technically speaking and by dictionary definition, is a form of advantage. I just cannot see unemployment as an advantage, in any shape or form.

OK, I get it. In comparison with people who don’t have a job and don’t get paid by the government for being out of work, to have “employment benefits”, however small in amount, is an advantage. OK. Let’s say thank-you to the government – for handing out the said benefits and for giving such a good name to them as well.

One more thing, “he” is said to be “unemployed and possibly now unemployable”, what does “unemployable” mean?

It means that it’s perhaps impossible for him to get a permanent job now. Why? Because he’s been unemployed for too long. Perhaps he’s just getting used to staying unemployed. Perhaps being out of work for so long that he’s out of touch with the work place, so out of touch with the routine, tempo and lifestyle in general, including the hustle and the humdrum that he no longer tries to find a job. Perhaps times are changed now. Technology changes so fast that he’s perhaps permanently left behind. For example, he was a good tools man, with but nowadays every way you turn, people are operating robots and computers at work.