compound labour

English

Noun

compound labour (uncountable)

1. Skilled labour involving complex tasks and producing more value than simple labour.
   • 2005, Hayashi Hiroyoshi, Marx's Labor Theory of Value: A Defense, page 111:

     In connection with this, Engels says the following: How then are we to solve the whole important question of the higher wages paid for compound labor?

Alternative forms

• compound labor