work conditions

Employment setting factors

Work conditions refers to the circumstances under which labor is performed—the physical environment, hours, safety, compensation, and treatment by employers.

The phrase appears most often in discussions of labor rights and workplace reform: The union negotiated for better work conditions.

Also called working conditions.

Opposites
quality of environment

work conditionshazardous conditions

Dangerous state of affairs

hostile work environment · favorable conditions

presence of structured employment

work conditionsunemployment

Being without paid work

leisure · retirement · idleness · home life · personal time

formality and regulation

work conditionsunderground economy

Unreported commercial activity

casual labor · gig economy

Family

work, conditions, working conditions

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