featherbedding

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
Present participle of featherbed
The employment of more workers than is necessary because of union rules, especially upon the introduction of new technology
the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
The labor union practice in a hampered market economy of forcing employers (1) to employ more persons than necessary for the efficient performance of a task, or (2) to pay persons for work they have not performed
Labour union practices that require the employer to pay for the performance of unnecessary work or to employ workers who are not needed. Featherbedding provisions in labour contracts may result from the continuation of work rules that were once efficient but that have become obsolete. A union may insist on the continuation of such work rules to protect the job security of its members. See also collective bargaining
{i} spoiling, indulgence; act of compelling an employer to hire more workers than are needed
featherbed
{f} spoil, indulge; compel an employer to hire more workers than are needed
featherbed
A mattress stuffed with feathers
featherbed
{i} soft mattress filled with feathers
featherbed
To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle
featherbed
hire more workers than are necessary
featherbedding

    الواصلة

    feath·er·bed·ding

    التركية النطق

    fedhırbedîng

    النطق

    /ˈfeᴛʜərˌbedəɴɢ/ /ˈfɛðɜrˌbɛdɪŋ/
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