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I have a question about the usage of "undertake employment" here:
There are few employers currently offering a certificate of sponsorship to undertake employment.
I cannot find "undertake" used with "employment" in dictionaries. Could the usage in the example be a regional idiom or an error?
"To undertake" is to commit oneself, sometimes with an implication that what you are committing yourself to is a burden. In this case, to undertake employment is to agree to accept a job, and in this context it is neutral, with no positive or negative connotations.
It is definitely not an error, and if it is a regional idiom it is a very widespread one. I don't find it to be odd or regional at all, though it is a little formal. You would probably never use this in a conversation, or even hear it spoken aloud, but in a document such as the one you are reading it is very common.
The wording sounds a bit awkward to me, but is technically correct.
Guarantee:
to warrant or guarantee (followed by a clause):
The sponsors undertake that their candidate meets all the requirements.
So you may be able to reword the phrasing to:
There are few employers currently offering a certificate of sponsorship to
undertakewarrant employment.
The word employment means the work or job you do or give to someone.
The sentence means that there are few employers that offer a certificate of sponsorship (work permit) accepting the responsibility for giving employment (work).
