guest workers
Temporary immigrant employees
Guest workers are foreign laborers admitted to a country temporarily to fill jobs, typically in agriculture, construction, or domestic service.
The term implies they will return home rather than settle permanently.
Guest worker programs attempt to address labor shortages while limiting immigration: Germany's guest worker program brought millions of Turks in the 1960s.
The arrangement often leaves workers vulnerable to exploitation, as their legal status depends on their employer.
- braceroGuest agricultural laborer
- work permitsDocuments authorizing legal employment
- work visaAuthorization for foreign employment
- green cardU.S. residency document
- temporary workerStaff hired briefly
low wages · host country · home country · border crossing · labor agreements · labor migration · laborer · visa sponsorship · remittances · employment rights · housing conditions · exploitation · economic migrants · expatriate · migrant labor · immigration policy · visa · foreign
- Expatriatesexpats, emigres, permanent residents, green card holders, work visa holders
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- seasonal workfruit pickers, crop picking, farm labor, farm hands, harvest work
- turkeyIstanbul, Ankara, turkey breast, turkey leg, Anatolia
- farm laborfarmhands, farm labor, field hand, field hands, farm hand
guest workerspermanent residents
People living somewhere long-term
immigrants · naturalized citizens · settlers · long-term residents · citizens
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