seasonal labor
Temporary farm hands
Seasonal labor is work tied to particular times of year—harvesting crops in fall, staffing ski resorts in winter, lifeguarding in summer.
The term often refers to the workers themselves: The farm depends on seasonal labor during picking season.
Such work is typically temporary, low-wage, and performed by migrant workers who follow the seasons from region to region.
- migrant workersPeople moving for jobs
- farm handsAgricultural laborers for hire
- temporary workersStaff hired short-term
- fruit pickingGathering ripe crops manually
- apple orchardsCultivated tree farms for fruit
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- farm lifefarm, farmer, farmers, farming, barn
- laborwork, laborers, workers, hard work, employment
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- business costsadministrative fees, direct costs, material costs, production costs, manufacturing costs
- farm expensesfeed, fuel, seed, seeds, fertilizer
- labor migrationmigrant worker, migrant workers, guest workers, guest worker, foreign workers
seasonal laborpermanent employment
Ongoing work with no termination date
full-time employment · permanent position · standing position · lifetime employment · union job