unpaid work
Service without compensation
Unpaid work is labor performed without monetary compensation.
The term covers domestic tasks like cooking and childcare, volunteer service, and internships that offer experience instead of wages.
Economists note that unpaid work—disproportionately done by women—represents a significant portion of economic activity that GDP fails to capture: Her unpaid work at home made his career possible.
- laundryItems needing cleaning
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- eldercareSupport for the aged
- family farmingAgriculture by related households
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
stay at home mom · housekeeping · bartering · pet sitting · grassroots organizing · cooking · gardening · sweat equity · community organizing · mentoring · school volunteer · emotional support · exploitation · subsistence fishing · disaster relief · labor of love · fundraising · caregiving
- time usefree time, leisure, downtime, time off, personal time
- Volunteeringvolunteer, volunteering, volunteer hours, volunteer coordinators, volunteer fire departments
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- gender equalitygender equality, gender equity, equal rights, equal pay, gender parity
- women's laborworking women, women workers, female workforce, women in STEM, women in leadership
- emotional laboremotional support, emotional regulation, suppression, masking, comforting
unpaid worksalaried work
Compensated employment arrangement
commissioned work · paid position · contract work · freelance work · piece work
unpaid workemployment
Paid occupation status
job · career · profession · occupation · full-time job
unpaid workleisure
Free time for relaxation
rest · recreation · relaxation · free time · time off