arbeitslos

unemployed — having no work despite being willing to work

• Ob Tom wohl noch immer arbeitslos ist?

  I wonder if Tom is still unemployed.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Tom scheint arbeitslos zu sein.

  It seems Tom is unemployed.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

on welfare; unemployed; idle — having no work and being supported by social benefits despite being able to work

working less than 15 hours a week, actively looking for a job that is subject to obligatory social-security payments, registered at the national employment agency, and responding to the latter’s placement servicesrare