piecework payment

  • 1piece rate — noun : the price per unit of production paid to a pieceworker * * * compensation based on a worker s quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out. [1890 95] * * * piece rate noun A fixed rate paid… …

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  • 2Плата за труд — PAY Деньги, выплачиваемые работнику за выполненную им работу или задание. Оплата труда может производиться в виде еженедельных или ежемесячных выплат (payment by time), а также может зависеть от результатов труда (payment by result) это сдельная… …

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  • 3incentive payments — Payment by results: any method such as individual piecework of paying workers above a basic minimum and in relation to their output or productivity . Schemes may apply to individuals, small groups, or (as with some so called profit related pay… …

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  • 4labour economics — Study of how workers are allocated among jobs, how their rates of pay are determined, and how their efficiency is affected by various factors. The labour force of a country includes all those who work for gain in any capacity as well as those who …

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  • 5rate — The cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the… …

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  • 6Guild — For other uses, see Guild (disambiguation). One of the legacies of the guilds, the elevated Windsor Guildhall was originally a meeting place for guilds, as well as magistrates seat and town hall. A guild (German: Gilde) is an association of… …

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  • 7wage — n 1: a payment usu. of money for labor or services usu. according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis often used in pl. 2 pl: the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production Merriam… …

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  • 8Piece work — or piecework describes types of employment in which a worker is paid a fixed piece rate for each unit produced or action performed. Piece work is also a form of performance related pay (PRP) and is the oldest form of performance pay.In a… …

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  • 9Mudginberri dispute — The Mudginberri abattoir was the focus of a major industrial relations dispute from 1983 to 1985 in Australia s Northern Territory which was notable for being the first successful use of legal sanctions against a union since the gaoling of… …

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  • 10domestic system — a manufacturing system whereby workers make products in their own homes with materials supplied by entrepreneurs. * * * or putting out system Production system widespread in 17th century Europe in which merchant employers put out materials to… …

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