industries where labour costs are high compared to capital costs, e.g. clothing.
A business in which the main cost is that of labour and it is high compared to sales....more on Labour intensive
A job requiring a lot of work, and often a lot of workers, in comparison to the costs of materials, equipment, etc
Labour-intensive is a term denoting an industry or firm in which the remuneration paid to employees represents a higher proportion of the costs of production than the cost of raw materials or capital equipment (in the reverse case the industry or firm is said to be capital-intensive). While publishing is a labour-intensive industry, printing is cap...