labor quotas
Assigned work amounts
Labor quotas are mandated amounts of work that individuals or groups must complete, typically within a specified period.
Governments and institutions impose them to meet production targets or as punishment: Soviet labor quotas demanded impossible output from gulag prisoners, The factory set daily labor quotas for each shift.
The term often carries connotations of coercion or exploitation.
- human traffickingCriminal trade in people
- affirmative actionPrograms boosting marginalized representation
- price controlsMandated limits on charges
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- Inca EmpirePre-Columbian Andean state
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