foreign workers
Expatriate labor force
Foreign workers are people employed in a country where they are not citizens or permanent residents.
The term appears frequently in discussions of labor policy, immigration, and economics: The tech industry relies heavily on foreign workers, Foreign workers fill jobs that locals won't take.
The phrase can be neutral or carry undertones suggesting outsiders competing for jobs, depending on context and speaker.
- green cardU.S. residency document
- wagesPayment for work
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- immigration lawRules controlling foreign entry
- border crossingTransit between sovereign territories
labor market · seasonal labor · bracero · trafficking · work permit · brain drain · job placement · diaspora · integration · language barriers · labor rights · remittances · deportation · exploitation · residency status · refugee crisis · income disparity · sponsors
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- Expatriatesexpats, emigres, permanent residents, green card holders, work visa holders
- expatsexpats, expat communities, relocation, trailing spouses, long-term residents
- global workforceexpatriates, expats, virtual teams, remote teams, overseas employment
- labor migrationmigrant worker, labor migration, guest worker, work permit, work visa
foreign workersdomestic workers
Hired home labor
nationals · locals · domestic labor · citizens · natives