volunteer labor
Freely given effort
Volunteer labor is work performed without payment, typically for charitable, civic, or community purposes.
The term emphasizes the unpaid nature of the contribution: The festival runs entirely on volunteer labor.
Organizations often depend on volunteer labor to supplement paid staff or reduce costs.
In economic contexts, it sometimes appears in discussions of how unpaid work affects labor markets or organizational budgets.
- unpaidNot yet compensated
- communityCollective of connected people
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
- serviceAid or maintenance
- civic dutyObligation owed to community
donate · giving back · helping · helping hands · lend a hand · charity · good cause · altruism · grassroots · nonprofit · hands · sweat · sweat equity · goodwill · giving · time · effort · selfless
volunteer laborwage labor
Work exchanged for payment
employment · salaried work · professional services · contract work · fee-for-service
volunteer laborforced labor
Compelled toil, no consent
compulsory labor · slave labor · involuntary servitude · indentured labor · mandatory service
volunteer, labor, volunteers, volunteered, volunteering, volunteerism, voluntary, voluntarily, involuntary