Explanation of the different labour relations
We have codified the different labour relations into 20 main types, with 13 other subtypes (version October 2015). An overview of these labour relations is presented below, but for a full explanation, please see the Definitions of Labour Relations and the Taxonomy.
Typology of Labour Relations | |||
Labour Relation | Definition | Working for | Type of labour |
-1 | Not classifiable (as presented in source) | ||
1 | Incapable or not supposed to work | Non working | |
2 | Affluent | Non working | |
3 | Unemployed | Non working | |
4a | Leading household producers | Household(s) | Reciprocal labour |
4b | Household kin producers | Household(s) | Reciprocal labour |
5 | Household kin non-producers | Household(s) | Reciprocal labour |
6 | Household servants | Household(s) | Reciprocal labour |
7 | Redistributive workers | Household(s) | Reciprocal labour |
8 | Obligatory labourers | Polity | Tributary labour |
9 | Indentured tributary labourers | Polity | Tributary labour |
10 | Tributary serfs | Polity | Tributary labour |
11 | Tributary slaves | Polity | Tributary labour |
12a | Self-employed leading producer | Market | Commodified labour |
12b | Self-employed kin producer | Market | Commodified labour |
13 | Employers | Market | Commodified labour |
131 | Employers of free wage earners | Market | Commodified labour |
132 | Employers of indentured labourers | Market | Commodified labour |
133 | Employers of serfs | Market | Commodified labour |
134 | Employers of slaves | Market | Commodified labour |
14 | Wage earners | Market | Commodified labour |
141 | Sharecropping workers | Market | Commodified labour |
142 | Piece-rate workers | Market | Commodified labour |
143 | Time-rate workers | Market | Commodified labour |
144 | Cooperative subcontracting | Market | Commodified labour |
15 | Indentured labourers | Market | Commodified labour |
16 | Serfs | Market | Commodified labour |
17 | Slaves | Market | Commodified labour |
171 | Slaves working for proprietor | Market | Commodified labour |
172 | Slaves working for hire | Market | Commodified labour |
18 | Wage earners | Non-market institutions | Commodified labour |
181 | Sharecropping wage earners | Non-market institutions | Commodified labour |
182 | Piece-rate wage earners | Non-market institutions | Commodified labour |
183 | Time-rate wage earners | Non-market institutions | Commodified labour |