Labor
A worker is a person who contributes to the economic development of the country in addition to earning money for his labor. Workers generally provide labor which we can call part of the labor force. Labor acts as one or the primary factor of production. Workers ensure the production or service of something.
Types of workers
When we say workers, the first thing that comes to our mind are the people working with rod cement, sand on the roadside or in any building under construction. True, but there is one thing. Because besides them, those who work in the constructed buildings are also workers. Do not believe? Will have to wait a little.
We can find out who the workers are through knowledge, now we will see through the types.
Workers can basically be divided into 3 categories based on 2 opposite characteristics.
1. Physical and Mental Labourers:
Those who earn money through physical labor can be called manual laborers. For example: rickshaw driver, porter, laborer, blacksmith, cobbler, construction worker etc.
And mental workers are those who earn money by providing services through intelligence and thinking. For example: lawyers, doctors, teachers, engineers etc.
2. Skilled and unskilled workers:
Skilled workers are those who have specific knowledge, training and abilities through which they perform labour. For example: engineer, doctor, scientist etc.
On the other hand, unskilled laborers are those who have no educational qualifications, no special skills in any subject and earn money by performing work only through the use of physical force. For example: day laborers, porters, rickshaw pullers etc.
3. Productive and unproductive workers:
Productive labor is labor that adds to the net value of the product. That is, it contributes to the domestic economy by producing goods.
The opposite is unproductive. Basically this is not how it is measured.
According to one professor productive and unproductive workers are not measured based on physical or mental labor but rather on the needs of the worker. That is, the worker who is in demand is called productive and the worker who is not in demand is called unproductive worker.
Economically active population (Economically active population): Those people who work for money and contribute to the country's economy are called economically active population. Now the question may come that those who want to work but do not get it?
They are also active but may not be currently working but willing to work. It includes those who are likely to get a job at a later date. It belongs to the workforce.
Economically inactive population: The inactive population is those who are not currently working and have no intention of doing so in the future.
To know what labor power is, you need to know what labor is. By labor we generally mean hard work. But the labor is not limited here. Labor is of different types depending on the task and purpose. For example, when we sweat the body with physical labor, some like to walk in the morning or afternoon, some take care of the garden, some go to the gym and control the structure of the body. These are examples of manual labor.
Again, if I say what is merit labor, by giving an example, I can easily understand that it is merit labor where only the brain is used instead of manual labor.
Now if I say what is labor, then it should be said that when a person makes or produces something with his own labor in the hope of remuneration, then it is called labor.
Hope there are no more questions about labor.
What is the labor force?
Labor force refers to the people or group of people who are ready to work/give labour. They contain as much material as is necessary for them to have the capacity to do work/labour. Now maybe someone is working or giving labor and maybe someone is not giving labor or not working due to some reason. But they both belong to the labor force.
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