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DefinitionSet of tasks and duties performed, or meant to be performed, by one person for a single economic unit:The term job is used in reference to employment. Persons may have one or several jobs....
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DefinitionIt is defined by the 19th International Classification of Status in Employment (ICLS) as the job in which the longest hours are usually worked.Source definitionILO 2013 - Resolution...
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DefinitionWorkers who hold a "self-employment" job in a cooperative producing goods and services, in which each member takes part on an equal footing with other members in determining the...
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DefinitionThose of working age who are neither in employment nor in unemployment.Source definitionILO 2013 - Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization.
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DefinitionMean usual number of hours worked per week in the Main job during the reference period.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for statistics
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DefinitionNumber of jobs a person holds for remuneration (for pay or profit).Source definitionUNESCO Institute for statistics
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DefinitionSet of jobs whose main tasks and duties are characterised by a high degree of similarity.Source definitionILO 2008 - Resolution Concerning Updating the International Standard Classification...
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DefinitionWorkers who, working on their own account or with one or more partners, hold the type of job defined as a 'self-employment job' and have not engaged on a continuous basis any 'employees' to...