foreign labor
Workers from abroad
Foreign labor is work performed by people from other countries, or the workers themselves.
The term often appears in discussions of immigration policy, guest worker programs, and global manufacturing: The tech industry relies heavily on foreign labor.
It can carry political overtones depending on context—neutral in economic analysis, charged in debates over jobs and borders.
- green cardsU.S. permanent residency documents
- work visaAuthorization for foreign employment
- economic migrationMoving for financial opportunity
- expatriatesPeople living outside homeland
- migrant workersPeople moving for jobs
seasonal workers · sweatshop · bracero · job market · family separation · undocumented workers · human trafficking · border crossing · cultural assimilation · fair wages · xenophobia · wage disparity · remittances · visa sponsorship · work permits · immigration quotas · brain drain · language barriers
- foreign workoverseas job, work permit, work visa, overseas posting, migrant worker
- labor migrationmigrant worker, migrant workers, guest workers, work permit, seasonal workers
- migrant labormigrant workers, farmworkers, guest workers, agricultural workers, braceros
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- Middle East economiesoil exports, oil revenues, oil wealth, oil reserves, oil industry