microlabor
microlabor noun: a type of employment characterized by short-term or piecework jobs that are part of a larger project in which the worker is not involved.
Noun
microlabor (uncountable)
- A type of employment characterized by short-term or piecework jobs that are part of a larger project in which the worker is not involved.
- Similarly, the State's agriculture has a series of microlabor markets. Some crops and areas have ample supplies of mostly legal harvest workers, for example, lettuce and grapes use mostly legal harvest workers.1982, The H-2 Program and Nonimmigrants
- Crowdsourcing and other types of distributed work or microlabor are likely to increase in frequency in the years to come.2016, Marion Crain, Winifred Poster, Miriam Cherry, Invisible Labor: Hidden Work in the Contemporary World, →ISBN, page 77
Forms of microlabor
| alternative form | micro-labor |
|---|---|
| alternative form | microlabour |
| alternative form | micro-labour |
Origin of microlabor
From micro- + labor.
Questions about microlabor
- What does microlabor mean?
- Microlabor means a type of employment characterized by short-term or piecework jobs that are part of a larger project in which the worker is not involved.
- What part of speech is microlabor?
- Microlabor is a noun.
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