unskilled work

Picking, something often considered “unskilled work,” suddenly held a new importance.

More than half the permits handed out will be for temporary, seasonal jobs and most of the rest for unskilled work such as factory labour, with only 1,000 spots for high-skilled workers with qualifications in their countries of origin.

But his lawyers said the years of language deprivation he experienced at Sturgis caused long-term language deficits that have limited his vocational prospects to “unskilled” work and reduced his lifetime earning capacity about 40%, according to a vocational expert cited in a court brief last year.

For the many people whom nature or education made fit only for unskilled work, wages are now so low that it doesn't pay to get a job and can actually make you worse off.

The government program — which aims to guarantee 100 days of unskilled work in rural areas — was intended to combat poverty and reduce the volatility of agricultural wages.