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child labor (US),
child labour (UK) n | (children: forced working) | muncă infantilă s.f. |
| | Child labor is still prevalent in some Third World countries. |
day labor (US),
day labour (UK) n | US (work: paid by the day) | muncă cu ziua s.f. |
| | Day labor is a growing part of the informal economy in the United States. |
direct labor (US),
direct labour (UK) n | (production work) | mână de lucru directă s.f. |
division of labor,
UK: division of labour n | US (delegation of tasks) | diviziunea muncii |
| | Assembly lines are extreme examples of division of labor. |
| hard labor n | (physical work done by prisoners) | muncă silnică s.f. |
International Labour Organization,
also US: International Labor Organization n | (UN work agency) | Organizația internațională a muncii s.f. |
| | The International Labour Organization, or ILO, seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. |
labor against [sth] (US),
labour against [sth] (UK) vi + prep | (work to prevent) | a încerca din răsputeri să prevină expr. |
| | | a se opune cu toată forța expr. |
| | We must continue to labor against this discrimination. |
labor camp,
UK: labour camp n | US (enforced work camp) | lagăr de muncă forțată s.n. |
| | The government sent Maisky to a labour camp in Siberia. |
labor contract (US),
labour contract (UK) n | (employment agreement) | contract de muncă s.n. |
| | The teachers are hoping to negotiate a more equitable labor contract this year. |
| Labor Day n | US (US national holiday) | Ziua muncii s.f. |
| | Labor Day falls on the first Monday of September. |
labor force,
UK: labour force n | US (workforce: employable people) | forță de muncă s.f. |
| | The size of the labor force increases when school closes for the summer. |
labor intensive,
labor-intensive (US),
labour intensive,
labour-intensive (UK) adj | (involving hard work) | solicitant, extenuant adj. |
| | | care surmenează loc.adj. |
| Notă: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
labor intensive,
labor-intensive (US),
labour intensive,
labour-intensive (UK) adj | (involving much work) | care necesită multă forță de muncă expr. |
labor law (US),
labour law (UK) n | (law: to protect workers) | cod al muncii s.n. |
| | | legislație a muncii s.f. |
labor market (US),
labour market (UK) n | (available employees) | piața muncii s.f. |
labor pains (US),
labour pains (UK) npl | (childbirth: contractions) | travaliu s.n. |
| | | durerile facerii, durerile nașterii s.f.pl. |
| | Rosemary suffered severe labour pains as she was giving birth. |
labor relations (US),
labour relations (UK) npl | (worker-employer relationship) | relații profesionale s.f. |
| | Labor relations are difficult if workers can be fired at any time for cause, or for no reason at all. |
labor the point (US),
labour the point (UK) v expr | figurative (belabor) | a repeta la nesfârșit expr.vb. |
| | | a insista inutil expr.vb. |
| | | a despica firul în patru expr.vb. |
| | The lawyer labored the point excessively. |
labor under [sth] (US),
labour under [sth] (UK) vi + prep | used in expressions (mistakenly believe) | a se amăgi vb.reflex. |
| | | a se îmbăta cu ideea că expr. |
| Notă: Commonly followed by: the illusion, the misapprehension, a mistaken belief, etc. |
| | The company is labouring under the illusion that it can take shortcuts to get the results it wants. |
labor union (US),
labour union (UK) n | (trade union, syndicate) | sindicat s.n. |
| | The labor unions were created to protect workers from unfair working conditions. |
laborsaving,
labor-saving (US),
labour-saving (UK) adj | (designed to make a job easier) | eficientizat adj. |
| Labour n as adj | UK (relating to Labour Party) | laburist adj. |
| | He was a true Labour supporter. |
manual labor (US),
manual labour (UK) n | (work carried out by hand) | muncă manuală s.f. |
| | Although machines are used to produce most goods, repairing them is still done mostly by manual labor. |
materials and labor (US),
materials and labour (UK) npl | (basic costs of a project) | costul manoperei și al mâinii de lucru expr. |
| | | cost al lucrării s.n. |
| | The materials and labor involved with the Golden Gate Bridge project were enormous. |
organized labor (US),
organized labour,
organised labour (UK) n | (workers belonging to a union) | mână de lucru sindicalizată s.f. |
| | Economists have long debated the impact of organized labour on workplace productivity. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | (slavery, enforced work) | muncă silnică s.f. |
| | Many of the greatest monuments were built by slave labor. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | figurative (low-paid work) | muncă de sclav s.f. |
| | For many, working in a fast food restaurant is slave labor. |
| | It may be slave labor, but at least it's a job. |
unskilled labor (US),
unskilled labour (UK) n | (work requiring no training) | muncă necalificată s.f. |
unskilled labor (US),
unskilled labour (UK) n | (workforce doing untrained jobs) | muncitori necalificați s.m.pl. |
| | | mână de lucru necalificată s.f. |