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piecework, work for which the laborer is paid on the basis of the amount of work done. The system is best adapted to standardized operations in which quantity is preferred to quality. Its advocates maintain that it pays the worker according to his ability. Its opponents argue that it tends to pay the best worker what he would receive on a time basis, while other workers receive less than they would by the hour and that it forces the pace of work. In the United States the 1949 amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act Fair Labor Standards Act or Wages and Hours Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1938 to establish minimum living standards for workers engaged directly or indirectly in interstate commerce, including those involved in production of goods bound ..... Click the link for more information. in effect required that pieceworkers be paid at least the minimum wage. piecework work paid for according to the quantity produced How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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79, 1993), for example, is both precise and open-ended; just as any item of furniture the right size and placed the right way could become the 1996 piece Work No. In both countries, textile workers were paid for piece work. Built-in factor with rechecks, usually used with piece work or percentage-of-job type compensation. |
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