Labour - Definition and Overview

Labour (or labor) can mean any one of the following things:

• Physical or mental work; exertion. Such work considered as supplying the needs of a community. A particular task, especially of a difficult nature. See: Labor (philosophy)

• In economics, one of the three main factors of production. The term labor refers to work done by human employees. It is distinct from labor-power or human capital, which represent an employee's ability to work. See: Labour (economics), Labour market.

• Manual work or the people who do manual work, see manual labour.

• Labor movement, Labor union/Trade union, Labour policy

• Labour Party: see: Australian Labor Party, British Labour Party, Irish Labour Party, Israeli Labour Party, New Zealand Labour Party, Dutch Labour Party

• The process of childbirth, especially the period from the start of uterine contractions to delivery.

Related topics

• Protestant work ethic
• Labor shortage