indispensableworkers
nounUK /ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl ˈwɜːkəz/
US /ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl ˈwɜːrkərz/
People at a job who are so important that the job cannot work without them.
The hospital said its nurses are indispensable workers who keep patients safe every day.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Employees whose skills are so rare that replacing them would be very hard.
The company treats its engineers as indispensable workers and offers them extra training.
3. The people who must keep showing up for a service to run, like bus drivers or farmers.
During the storm, the indispensable workers kept the buses running for everyone.
4. A group of employees a business depends on most for its daily success.
The manager listed the indispensable workers who would get first pick of holiday days.