Microlabor
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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. uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From micro- + labor.
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