Microlabor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microlabor is a noun meaning 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.
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
Crowdsourcing and other types of distributed work or microlabor are likely to increase in frequency in the years to come.
Content moderation as microlabor digital piecework has been perhaps an obvious site of expansion for globally networked microlabor websites.
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.
Word Forms
- micro-labor
- microlabour
- micro-labour
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include microlabour, micro-labor, micro-labour, microwork, microlending, microlabel.
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