Labor

Labor

The body of persons, or the human physical and mental effort, engaged in the production of goods and services.

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Federal Information Processing Standards (fips)

Labor; Labor statistics

Standards for information processing issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U. S. Department of Commerce; includes a numeric designation for ...

laspeyres index

Labor; Labor statistics

Sum(p2q1)/Sum(p1q1): A weighted aggregative index showing the ratio of expenditures in the current period (p2q1, where p2 is the current period price and q1 is the base period ...

standard tables

Labor; Labor statistics

Standard tables contain annual expenditure data organized by various demographic characteristics. The following standard tables are available: age of reference person, composition ...

pay period that includes the 12th of the month

Labor; Labor statistics

Standard measurement period for all Federal agencies collecting employment data from business establishments; time unit that employers use to pay employees that overlaps the 12th ...

stage-of-processing indexes

Labor; Labor statistics

Stage-of-processing (SOP) price indexes regroup commodities at the subproduct class (6-digit) level according to the class of buyer and the amount of physical processing or ...

event or exposure

Labor; Labor statistics

Signifies the manner in which an occupational injury or illness was produced or inflicted—for example, overexertion while lifting, or a fall from a ladder.

educational attainment cluster

Labor; Labor statistics

Six clusters are defined based on the distribution of educational attainment across occupations. The clusters are as follows: high school occupations, high school/some college ...