On-call workers

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001344

Employees who are not permanent but are called into work as needed, often on short notice (although they can be scheduled to work for several days or weeks in a row).

Note: This category includes workers who answer affirmatively to the question, “Some people are in a pool of workers who are ONLY called to work as needed, although they can be scheduled to work for several days or weeks in a row, for example, substitute teachers and construction workers supplied by a union hiring hall. These people are sometimes referred to as ON-CALL workers. Were you an ON-CALL worker last week?” People with regularly scheduled work that might include periods of being “on call” to perform work at unusual hours, such as medical residents, are not included in this category.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ECS-001344
Field	Economic statistics
References	BLS Glossary

Record as JSON

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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001344",
  "term": "On-call workers",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Employees who are not permanent but are called into work as needed, often on short notice (although they can be scheduled to work for several days or weeks in a row).\n\nNote: This category includes workers who answer affirmatively to the question, “Some people are in a pool of workers who are ONLY called to work as needed, although they can be scheduled to work for several days or weeks in a row, for example, substitute teachers and construction workers supplied by a union hiring hall. These people are sometimes referred to as ON-CALL workers. Were you an ON-CALL worker last week?” People with regularly scheduled work that might include periods of being “on call” to perform work at unusual hours, such as medical residents, are not included in this category.",
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/on-call-workers/"
}

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