The simplest was the coming of a piece-rate system whereby workers contracted for completion in the short-term of a unit of work, such as cane cutting, loading, irrigating, or any number of other agricultural functions.
Here, powerful subcontractors hired and fired labourers on a piece-rate basis to perform specified tasks.
Weavers thus stand to earn much more in the union sector because they work in export factories, which pay a higher piece rate than subcontractors.
Those who worked in sweat shops worked harder and harder but then had their piece rate wages lowered.
For example, assembly-line workers in a piece-rate compensation system may adapt their work strategies over time in response to reinforcement.
Definition of piece rate in US English:
piece rate
nounpis reɪt
A rate of payment for piecework.
计件工资率
an unskillful typesetter on piece rates
mass nounpayment was by piece rate
as modifiera modified piece-rate system
Example sentencesExamples
Weavers thus stand to earn much more in the union sector because they work in export factories, which pay a higher piece rate than subcontractors.
Here, powerful subcontractors hired and fired labourers on a piece-rate basis to perform specified tasks.
The simplest was the coming of a piece-rate system whereby workers contracted for completion in the short-term of a unit of work, such as cane cutting, loading, irrigating, or any number of other agricultural functions.
Those who worked in sweat shops worked harder and harder but then had their piece rate wages lowered.
For example, assembly-line workers in a piece-rate compensation system may adapt their work strategies over time in response to reinforcement.