Piece work (or piecework) is any type of employment in which a worker is paid a fixed piece rate for each unit produced or action performed regardless of time. ==Context== When paying a worker, there are four methods that can be used: paid by the hour (known as ‘time work’); paid an annual salary, under a contract for a basic number of hours e...
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A way of assembling manufactured goods, in which the piece-worker performs only one limited part of the process (eg attaching a sleeve to a garment), rather than the full sequence of tasks to produce a finished product. Piece-work can often be done in the home or small workshop, rather than a factory, and has been associated with low pay and job in...
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Payment by the amount of cloth produced rather than the hour.
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