workhour

Sixty working minutes

A workhour is a unit measuring labor—one person working for one hour.

Used primarily in project planning and labor economics to calculate staffing needs and costs: The renovation will require approximately 500 workhours.

Also spelled as two words: work hour.

tracking

timesheet

Record of hours worked

attendance · billable · timecard · biometric · timestamp · verification · audit · documentation

schedule

shift

Movement or work period

planner · flextime · rotation · graveyard · swing · nine-to-five · staggered · fixed · variable · availability

overtime

time-and-a-half

Fifty percent wage premium

voluntary · cap · limit · burnout · overwork · crunch · extended

employment

job

Paid position of employment

wage · salary · employee · employer · workforce · workplace · office · business · corporation · industry

labor

toil

Strenuous, prolonged effort

manual · physical · strain · fatigue · grueling · tiring · drudgery · hardship · endurance · craftsmanship

productivity

efficiency

Productive without waste

utilization · optimization · effectiveness · yield · targets · metrics · benchmarking · improvement · quality · capacity

regulation

minimum

Smallest possible quantity

statutory · compliance · union · cap · limit · rights · protected · mandated · enforcement · violation

Opposites
time purpose

workhourleisure time

Unscheduled waking hours

free time · off-hour · downtime · rest period · personal time

Family

workhours

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