wage:
... that which is paid by an
employer to a worker for time on the job see hourly.
wage earner ... a person who earns wages.
wage level:
... a schedule (wage
scale) of average pay to workers doing specific
jobs in an area taking into account performance of
related tasks or services.
wage survey:
... a tool used
by local
economic development organizations to collect
data about what workers are paidsee
the Summary
for Best Practices for Local Economic Development.
The website of
the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information
Bureau shows an example of how wage surveys
are made available online.
The website has a slide
presentation on how to use wage survey data. Wage surveys
are provided to economic
development prospects in location
packages.
water:
... definitions of various water-related
terms are in
the resource archive. The words water and sewer are
sometimes combined as a heading for an item of economic
development data, for example, a category of information
in a community
profile. Water is more likely
to be covered under utilities, howeversee
various location
information categories listed in a guide for enterprise
developers, site
selectors and local economic
developers.
wealth:
... That which is possessed or controlled as something
of value in an exchange or appropriation. Creation
of wealth, is an expression used is various
definitions of economic development. For
example, a 2009 economic development budget proposal for
Sedgwick
County, KS stated that the process is about ... promoting,
initiating, supporting, and facilitating the creation of
wealth and
employment opportunities (source now a broken link).
well-heeled:
... well-fixed;
having wealth or
an abundance of capitalmore.
For example, see the source of the following quote in
the
.network economic
development marketing file: Well-heeled
economic development organizations having plenty of money
to advertise,
travel,
and entertain
prospects
obviously have an advantage over those that don't.
welfare recipient:
... a person who needs and receives aid,
although it may be provided involuntarily, for example,
through a government program using taxpayers money; an
individual, community, organization or enterprise that
receives a stipend
or one-time
allocation
from an individual, community, organization or enterprise
without retuning anything of value, such, as performing
a job, duty or task; an individual who prospers
or otherwise gains a position
of well-being through a government program that doesn't
require anything in return.
workers' comp:
... an insurance program or
assurance system for workers (workers
compensation).
work ethic:
... adherence to a set of intrinsic values
that lead to productivity. Occupational
work ethic means the same thing. Striving towards
excellence as
an individual or group requires work-ethic-awareness.
A desirable work ethic produces a peak
performer as opposed to a workaholic.
One of the deplorable icons of industrial
revolution is the down-trodden worker. It's cruel and unreasonable
to attempt to make employees perform like workaholics,
much less demand devotion to productivity
in the name of work ethic. Workers
allowed
a positive outlook and who think well of what they do can
care about being productive as an appreciation of the reality of
why
a job existssee voice
of the customer.
workforce:
... a labor
force less the number of unemployed; the group
of all workers in a location; a count or projection of the number of people working
in
an defined geographic area. Workforce development is an
improvement process. Elevating the status
of the underemployed as
well as the preparation of new candidates for job opportunities
are a part of workforce development. Educators and
trainers are contributors to workforce development
as indicated in Essentials
for Places that Want Economic Development.
workplace:
... the site of a physical or mental
activity aimed at accomplishment or production; a worksite;
a jobsite. Labor availability
and transportation infrastructure are two important considerations
during the
site
selection process. The labor
force in a location produces
the cadre for a workplace. Transportation moves
workers as well as the essentials for productivity to and
from
a jobsite. See four
essential items of information for
site selection in addressed in the resource paper, An
Introduction to the Enterprise Development Process.
.
workplan:
... a management tool for guiding an
individual or group having work to
do; documentation of an intention
to take a series of performance
actions at a workplace; a component
of a business
plan; a time-line for
accomplishing tasks within a work assignment. See the definitions of
performance
based management and
process
based management.
workweek:
... the schedule of hours and/or days
that the majority of workers and employers adhere
to in a location;
a week viewed by the length of time that a workforce is
normally on
the job.
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