project management glossary
labor
Any of the following:
- The expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory.
- Human activity that provides goods or services
- An economic group comprising those who do manual labor, generally represented by labor unions.
labor agreements
Formal contracts between the enterprise and its labor unions.
labor intensive
Project activities that have a high content of manual effort relative to
production achieved through the use of mechanical equipment.
labor pool
A pool or agency from which workers can be hired by interested
employers.
labor productivity
See Productivity.
labor rate variances
Difference between planned labor rates and actual labor rates.
