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DAY WORK [2 records]

Record 1 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
DEF

Work done during the day, i.e. not at night, or according to a system involving shiftworking.

OBS

In some instances, the opposite of piecework, e.g. to work daywork; to work at dayworker's (or at timeworker's) fixed rated of pay, and hence at a time worker's pace rather than an incentive pace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
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Record 2 1997-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Organizations
DEF

Service that is performed at sea on a steamship or a motor ship involving the overhaul or maintenance of machinery in an engine room or boiler room, or on auxiliaries outside the engine room or boiler room.

OBS

day work: Federal certification project (Marine certification Regulations Section 2) to become effective after 1996.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisations maritimes
DEF

Tâches exécutées en mer sur un navire à vapeur ou à moteur relativement à la révision ou à l'entretien des machines d'une salle des machines ou d'une chaufferie ou du matériel auxiliaire hors de la salle des machines ou de la chaufferie.

OBS

tâches quotidiennes: Projet de règlement fédéral (Règlement sur la délivrance des brevets et des certificats - Marine Article 2) qui entrera en vigueur après 1996.

Spanish

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