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UNSKILLED LABOR [5 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
CONT

The working class are those minimally educated people who engage in "manual labor" with little or no prestige. Unskilled workers in the class—dishwashers, cashiers, maids, and waitresses—usually are underpaid and have no opportunity for career advancement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización social
  • Sociología industrial y económica
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Record 2 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

Having or requiring less training than skilled labor and more than unskilled labor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Travailleur qui a acquis une certaine compétence pour des tâches particulières, mais dont les activités ne relèvent d'aucun des métiers traditionnels.

OBS

S'oppose à «ouvrier qualifié».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
DEF

Trabajador que desempeña ocupaciones que requieren gran habilidad manual en trabajos rutinarios para los cuales se necesita un período de entrenamiento breve. Ejemplo: ayudante de carpintero.

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Record 3 2008-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Labour and Employment
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
DEF

Worker who works occasionally and intermittently and is not attached to a particular company. He is usually unskilled and move with seasonal fluctuating demands of the labor market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Travail et emploi
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
DEF

Employé embauché à titre provisoire pour effectuer un travail spécifique de courte durée ou pour parer à un surcroît temporaire de travail.

OBS

Dans les administrations publiques, certains employés sont parfois abusivement recrutés à ce titre afin de ne pas gonfler le nombre des fonctionnaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratación de personal
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
DEF

Trabajador contratado provisionalmente para sustituir a alguien o para cubrir un período de aumento de actividad no cíclico (temporero). A veces se utilizan los contratos temporales para no hacer fijos a los trabajadores.

OBS

trabajador temporal: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorizacion de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 4 2002-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Production (Economics)
DEF

Increase in production due to the increase of a considered factor by one unit.

CONT

Marginal productivities provide the clue to competitive pricing of factor inputs-of labor or of skilled and unskilled labor, of each grade of land, of capital goods..., of fertilizer, and of other inputs.

OBS

marginal productivity: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Production (Économie)
DEF

Augmentation de la production due à l'augmentation d'un facteur déterminé dans une unité.

OBS

productivité marginale : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
  • Producción (Economía)
DEF

Incremento de la producción debido al aumento en una unidad del factor considerado.

OBS

productividad marginal: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 5 1981-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

Before summarizing the marginal-productivity theory of wages, let us appreciate J. B. Clark's advance over such classical economists as David Ricardo(...) Marginal productivities provide the clue to competitive pricing of factor inputs-of labor or of skilled and unskilled labor, of each grade of land(...), and of other inputs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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