day labor
Hired by sunrise
Day labor is work hired and paid by the day, with no ongoing employment relationship.
Day laborers often gather at designated spots—parking lots, street corners, home improvement stores—waiting to be picked up for construction, moving, landscaping, or other manual work: He found day labor at the hardware store.
The arrangement offers flexibility but no job security or benefits.
Process of building something
- landscapingModifying outdoor areas aesthetically
- diggingRemoving earth below
- liftingRaising something heavy
- haulingTransporting heavy items
demolition · roofing · painting · moving · carpentry · masonry · farm work · warehouse
Of limited duration
- casualRelaxed and informal
- gigShort-term paid work
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- contingentConditional or representative group
precarious · flexible · intermittent · on-call · no benefits · informal · unstable · irregular
Giving someone work
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- wagesPayment for work
- cash paymentTransaction using physical currency
- employerOne who employs others
worker · staffing · payroll · contractor · foreman · street corner · work crew · undocumented
One who resettles abroad
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- braceroGuest agricultural laborer
- farmworkerAgricultural labor employee
- seasonal workerEmployee hired periodically
border · remittances · vulnerable · marginalized · exploitation · language barrier · guest worker · agricultural
construction
Process of building something
- landscapingModifying outdoor areas aesthetically
- diggingRemoving earth below
- liftingRaising something heavy
hauling · demolition · roofing · painting · moving · carpentry · masonry · farm work · warehouse · loading
short-term
Of limited duration
contingent · precarious · flexible · intermittent · on-call · no benefits · informal · unstable · irregular · at-will
hiring
Giving someone work
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- wagesPayment for work
- cash paymentTransaction using physical currency
employer · worker · staffing · payroll · contractor · foreman · street corner · work crew · undocumented · exploitation
immigrant
One who resettles abroad
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- braceroGuest agricultural laborer
- farmworkerAgricultural labor employee
seasonal worker · border · remittances · vulnerable · marginalized · exploitation · language barrier · guest worker · agricultural · harvest
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, employee, profession
- laborwork, laborers, workers, hard work, employment
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
- extra incomeside hustle, side job, freelancing, gig work, moonlighting
- hourly jobshourly worker, fast food worker, factory hand, part-timer, temp
- side workside job, side jobs, side hustle, side gigs, side hustles
day laborpermanent employment
Ongoing work with no termination date
contract work · union job · lifetime employment · full-time job · full-time employment
day laborprofessional practice
Skilled occupation exercised regularly
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