Underutilized Worker

A Underutilized Worker is a worker with unused worker capacity.

• Context:
  • They can be a member of a Underutilized Worker Population.
• Example(s):
  • U.S. Underutilized Worker.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Fully-Utilized Worker.
• See: Underemployed Worker, Underemployment Rate.

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References

2013

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Services. (2013). “Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2013 Annual Averages." http://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm
  • QUOTE: Six alternative measures of labor underutilization have long been available on a monthly basis from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for the United States as a whole.:
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    • U-1, persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force;
    • U-2, job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force;
    • U-3, total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (this is the definition used for the official unemployment rate);
    • U-4, total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers;
    • U-5, total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers; and
    • U-6, total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers.

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