undertime
Below scheduled hours
Undertime is the opposite of overtime—hours worked below the standard or expected amount.
An employee on undertime works fewer than their scheduled hours, whether due to slow business, personal choice, or employer cutbacks: The factory put workers on undertime during the slow season.
Less common than overtime, undertime typically appears in labor and payroll contexts.
Insufficiently put to work
- underworkLabor insufficiently
- slackAbsence of tautness
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- underproductionInsufficient manufacturing output
understaffed · underuse · inefficiency · underperformance · underload · idle · wasted · spare
Insufficient use of labor capacity
- flextimeAdjustable employee work hours
- shiftworkJobs with timed rotations
- job-sharingSplitting one role between two
- telecommutingEmployment from afar
hourly · wages · timesheet · payroll · workweek · schedule · temporary · freelancing
Moves or work periods
- rosteringCreating duty schedules
- allocationDistribution of shares
- deadlinesSubmission cutoff times
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
workforce · manpower · planning · scheduling · utilization · capacity · productivity · workload
underutilized
Insufficiently put to work
underproduction · understaffed · underuse · inefficiency · underperformance · underload · idle · wasted · spare · shortfall
underemployment
Insufficient use of labor capacity
- flextimeAdjustable employee work hours
- shiftworkJobs with timed rotations
- job-sharingSplitting one role between two
telecommuting · hourly · wages · timesheet · payroll · workweek · schedule · temporary · freelancing · on-call
shifts
Moves or work periods
- rosteringCreating duty schedules
- allocationDistribution of shares
- deadlinesSubmission cutoff times
staffing · workforce · manpower · planning · scheduling · utilization · capacity · productivity · workload · output
undertimeovertime
Work beyond scheduled hours
extra hours · overwork · extended hours · time-and-a-half · double time
time, under, underground, underneath, underline, timely, undertaking, undertake, overtime