Labor & Employment 1-24
24 entries in the Labor & Employment compendium.
ResumeA document summarizing background, skills, and accomplishments for job applications.SalaryPeriodic payment from employer to employee, often monthly.SavingSaving is income not spent, or deferred consumption.Shift workEmployment practice dividing the day into shifts for continuous operation.Strike actionCollective refusal to work for improved conditions or political change.SubcontractorA person or business performing part of another's contract.SweatshopWorkplaces defined by low wages, long hours, and unhealthy conditions.TeacherA person who helps students acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue.TeamA group with complementary skills working interdependently toward a shared goal.Technical supportCustomer service assisting users with product problems.Time managementPlanning and conscious control of time spent on activities.Truck driverTruck drivers transport goods essential to industrialized societies.UnemploymentUnemployment is the state of being without work while seeking it.Unemployment benefitsGovernmental payments to unemployed people, often conditional on job-seeking.VolunteeringVolunteering is freely giving time and labor for community service.WageWage is the price of labor, measured in time or piece rate.Wage slaveryTerm criticizing wage labor as akin to slavery.Waiting staffWorkers who supply food and drink to customers in dining establishments.White-collar workerOffice workers performing knowledge-based or administrative tasks.Worker cooperativeWorker-owned firms managed democratically by their members.Working timePaid labor period regulated by law, varying globally.Workweek and weekendComplementary parts of the week for labour and rest.Work (human activity)Intentional activity to meet needs and produce goods or services.RésuméA document summarizing background, skills, and accomplishments for job applications.
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