piecework system

For instance, the straight piecework system pays employees based on each unit of their output.

To bolster productivity, the factory has instituted a piecework system.

"Some don't like to be tied to groups, particularly if they were high earners in the piecework system.

Unnecessary inventory in both components and finished products is another byproduct of the piecework system.

Not only workers but supervisors too colluded to 'fiddle' earnings and work allocation in a complex piecework system.

Female workers worked 10 hours a day to earn this sum, with the pace of work rapid and the use of the piecework system prevalent.

At the same time, Dresso has obtained more productivity by instituting a Western-style piecework system.

Patterns like the 'fix' and the 'fiddle'were developed by skilled workers, in piecework systems where considerable discretion was retained on the shopfloor.

He also said a good piecework system made more demands on managers and worked best in a lean, flexible organization that emphasized open communication up and down the chain of command.

The teams are intended to produce an entire garment more quickly than under the old piecework system where people worked separately, each one performing a specific task such as sewing on pockets or zippers.

Straight piecework system : The wages of the worker depend upon his output and rate of each unit of output; it is in fact independent of the time taken by him.

The UE also supported expanded use of piecework systems in industry, which it defended as both necessary to boost production and a way to improve workers' earnings under the wartime wage control systems imposed by the War Labor Board.