Wage-earning employment

Definition

Work done for wages. This does not include unpaid work such as looking after one’s own children or running one’s own household.

Used by OCR

Paper 1

Nor does being outside wage-earning employment mean that a woman did no work: unpaid household labour was essential.
Revise: Women’s lives

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GCSE History · key term

Work done for wages. This does not include unpaid work such as looking after one’s own children or running one’s own household.

Used by OCR

Paper 1

Nor does being outside wage-earning employment mean that a woman did no work: unpaid household labour was essential.
Revise: Women’s lives

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