Timeworkers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who are employed and compensated based on the number of hours spent working; people who perform tasks during a specified period rather than for a fixed salary; workers whose productivity or wage depends on temporal measurement
2. Persons engaged in labor where payment correlates with the duration of work completed; employees whose job function is measured by time spent rather than output; individuals whose work effort is quantified temporally for compensation purposes
3. Those who earn income according to the amount of time devoted to a job; workers compensated on an hourly or timed basis rather than by piece or result; laborers whose responsibilities are defined by scheduled hours rather than fixed duties

Etymology: "Timeworkers" is the plural of "timeworker," which is formed from "time" and "worker," or alternatively from "timework" with the agent suffix "-er." The first element is the ordinary noun "time," meaning a measured period, and the second is "worker," a person who labors. Put together, the word names someone whose pay is reckoned by the hours or minutes spent on the job rather than by the output produced. The compound is transparent: the time-based pay it describes is simply what the parts say. The word's value lies in contrast with its counterpart, the pieceworker, who is paid per item completed. Where the two terms are set side by side, the distinction is between counting the clock and counting the product.

Synonyms: hourly workers, part-timers, shift workers, temporary workers, casual workers

Antonyms: full-timers, permanent workers, salaried workers