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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unemployed persons

Labor; Labor statistics

Persons aged 16 years and older who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find ...

discouraged workers

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Persons not in the labor force who want and are available for a job and who have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months (or since the end of their last job if they held ...

displaced workers

Labor; Labor statistics

Persons 20 years and over who lost or left jobs because their plant or company closed or moved, there was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was ...

lump-sum payments

Labor; Labor statistics

Payments made to employees in lieu of a general wage rate increase. The payment may be a fixed amount as set forth in a labor agreement or an amount determined by a formula—for ...

hire

Labor; Labor statistics

Any addition to an establishment's payroll, including newly hired and rehired employees.

occupational illness

Labor; Labor statistics

Any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to factors associated with employment. It includes acute and chronic ...

median wage

Labor; Labor statistics

An occupational median wage estimate is the boundary between the highest paid 50 percent and the lowest paid 50 percent of workers in that occupation. Half of the workers in a ...