- workfare
- noun Etymology: work + welfare Date: 1968 a welfare program in which recipients are required to perform usually public-service work
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Workfare — is an alternative model to conventional social welfare systems. Traditional welfare benefits are available with little required of the recipient, save their continued search for employment, if that. Under workfare, recipients have to meet certain … Wikipedia
workfare — work‧fare [ˈwɜːkfeə ǁ ˈwɜːrkfer] noun [uncountable] especially AmE a principle, policy, or system of requiring people who are unemployed to work or train before they are allowed to receive welfare (= money from the government): • The trend toward … Financial and business terms
workfare — ☆ workfare [wʉrk′fer΄ ] n. [ WORK + (WEL)FARE] a government program requiring employable recipients of welfare to register for work or work training … English World dictionary
Workfare — Der Begriff Workfare ist in Anlehnung an Welfare (engl. Wohlfahrt) entstanden und bezeichnet ein arbeitsmarktpolitisches Konzept, welches staatliche Transferleistungen mit einer Verpflichtung zur Arbeitsaufnahme verknüpft. Das in den Vereinigten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Workfare — Le Workfare (littéralement « travailler pour le bien être » en anglais) est une aide sociale des États Unis apparue dans les années 1970, qui prévoit que les bénéficiaires aptes au travail doivent travailler en échange de leur… … Wikipédia en Français
workfare — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)kfeə(r)[/t]] N UNCOUNT Workfare is a government scheme in which unemployed people have to do community work or learn new skills in order to receive welfare benefits … English dictionary
workfare — /wurk fair /, n. a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public service jobs or to participate in job training. [1965 70; WORK + (WEL)FARE] * * * … Universalium
workfare — noun A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid … Wiktionary
workfare — work|fare [ˈwə:kfeə US ˈwə:rkfer] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: work + fare (as in welfare)] a system in which unemployed people have to work before they are given money for food, rent etc by the government … Dictionary of contemporary English
workfare — work|fare [ wɜrk,fer ] noun uncount a government program in which unemployed people have to agree to start working or get training in order to receive money from the government … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
