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Workfare
A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid
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A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid
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| Word | Definition |
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| learnfarenoun | (US) A welfare system in which a person must attend college etc. in order to receive payment. |
| welfarenoun | (uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect. |
| welfare trapnoun | (chiefly US) A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase. |
| worksharenoun | (US) A strategy for handling market slowdowns where employees' hours are reduced rather than incurring layoffs. |
| wage creditnoun | (taxation, US) A compensation, received as gratuities, which has been paid for employment by an employer. |
| wait unemploymentnoun | A form of frictional unemployment where a person deliberately remains unemployed, or takes work on a temporary basis, while waiting for an opportunity in their preferred sector. |
| forced labornoun | (American spelling) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave. |
| public assistancenoun | (law, public policy) Payment made to disadvantaged persons by government in order to alleviate the burdens of poverty, unemployment, disability, old age, etc. |
| welfare cadillacnoun | (US, idiomatic) The case of a person or group receiving public benefits, although the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud. |
| work releasenoun | A program permitting a prisoner a leave of absence from prison to undertake normal employment. |
| tip wage creditnoun | (US, labour, law, singular only) A law that allows an employer to count tips received by an employee toward the latter's minimum wage. |
| jobseeker's allowancenoun | (British) A means-tested government benefit available to jobseekers. |
| wage-fund doctrinenoun | (economics) The theory that there is at any given time in a country a determinate amount of capital available for the payment of labour, therefore the average wage depends on the proportion of this fund to the number of persons who have to share in it. |
| direct provisionnoun | (Ireland, politics) provision by the state of accommodation and living expenses to registered asylum seekers, who are not allowed to work for pay |
| work experiencenoun | Professional experience. |
| social tariffnoun | A reduced rate for a utility, for people receiving state welfare. |
| work permitnoun | A legal authorization which allows a person to take employment in a country other than the one in which they hold citizenship. |
| unemployment benefitnoun | (often in the plural) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work. |
| prison labornoun | Work which one is compelled to perform due to lack of options, by choice while in prison, or outright against one's will, while in a condition of confinement or slavery. |
| back-to-work ordernoun | A legally binding directive—issued by a court of law, legislature, or other authority—that requires workers who are engaging in a strike or similar labor action to return to work. |
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