day labourer
Noun: A day labourer is a worker who is hired and paid on a daily basis, typically for unskilled or manual labor. This type of employment is often casual and does not guarantee work beyond the current day.
The term is used to describe a person engaged in temporary, daily-wage work. It often implies a lack of long-term job security or benefits. - The construction site manager hired several day labourers to help with the cleanup. - Many day labourers gather at specific locations in the city each morning, hoping to find work for the day.
- As a socio-economic concept: The term can be used in discussions about labor markets, informal economies, and workers' rights.
- The study focused on the living conditions of day labourers in the urban informal sector.
- Day labor (US spelling: day laborer): An alternative spelling, particularly common in American English.
- Casual labourer: A very close synonym, emphasizing the irregular and non-permanent nature of the work.
- Hireling: An older or more literary term for a person hired to work, often carrying a slight negative connotation of being motivated solely by payment.
- Temporary worker
- Casual worker
- Jobber (in some regional contexts)
- To hire day labour: Refers to the act of employing workers on a daily basis.
- The farm hires day labour during the harvest season.
The term specifically refers to the method of payment and employment duration (daily). It does not describe the specific type of work, which can range from construction and farming to warehouse work. The plural form is day labourers.
- a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages