Term

piece-rate pay

Pay for the amount made, not for the time worked. Under it, every stop in the work reduces earnings.

Fatigue Study, Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth

Explained in

• Fatigue Study, Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth
• The Principles of Scientific Management, Frederick Winslow Taylor

  Pay that depends on how much is made, for example a payment for every part or every ton.

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