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(informal, idiomatic) Of or pertaining to work that is performed from home, especially by means of the Internet..
The white-collar worker and open-collar professional have been imbued from earliest schooling with an individualist, anti-labor organizational ethic. Added to this, the new technologies are being utilized, in some cases, to restore patterns of home work and piece work.
In qualitative studies, open-collar workers said they felt they accomplished more because there were fewer interruptions. Employers also find that offering telecommuting positions can give them a recruiting advantage.
Far from being some special breed in three-button suits, these hard-working people are blue collar as often as white collar and, increasingly, the open collar workers of the information age.
Use open-collar when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Open-collar means (informal, idiomatic) Of or pertaining to work that is performed from home, especially by means of the Internet..
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The white-collar worker and open-collar professional have been imbued from earliest schooling with an individualist, anti-labor organizational ethic. Added to this, the new technologies are being utilized, in some cases, to restore patterns of home work and piece work.
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