guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
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For instance, Tagawa Greenhouse Enterprises, the state’s largest H-2A employer with 155 guest workers, failed to pay the correct wage to all its workers and took improper deductions for Medicare and Social Security, Department of Labor documents show.
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Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
These jobs tended to be filled by expatriate guest workers: in 2011, Saudis made up less than 15 percent of the private-sector workforce.
—Jennifer Peck, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2024
His father emigrated from Macedonia to Germany in 1968 to work in the metals industry, as part of a guest worker program initiated amid a labor shortage.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
And the United States can continue to expand legal pathways for migrants, including through guest worker programs, family reunification, and humanitarian visas, so that people do not have to trek to the U.S. border simply to present themselves to U.S. officials.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2024
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Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
These jobs tended to be filled by expatriate guest workers: in 2011, Saudis made up less than 15 percent of the private-sector workforce.
—Jennifer Peck, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2024
His father emigrated from Macedonia to Germany in 1968 to work in the metals industry, as part of a guest worker program initiated amid a labor shortage.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
And the United States can continue to expand legal pathways for migrants, including through guest worker programs, family reunification, and humanitarian visas, so that people do not have to trek to the U.S. border simply to present themselves to U.S. officials.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2024
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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