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Hire more workers than are necessary
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featherbedding
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n. (context US English) The employment of more workers than is necessary because of union rules, especially upon the introduction of new technology vb. (present participle of featherbed English)
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Featherbedding is the practice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job, or to adopt work procedures which appear pointless, complex and time-consuming merely to employ additional workers. The term " make-work " is sometimes used as ...
Usage examples of featherbedding.
The rumor is that they do some big-league industrial-materials theft, contract fraud, union scams, phantom hours, world-class featherbedding, drugs.
It was too soon for any of them to believe in the truth of what was happening or to have counted the full extent of loss, the featherbedding and pillows, the kitchen table, the change of underwear and the winter coat.
We do no featherbedding and we will not support the practice anywhere.
From top to bottom, corruption, absenteeism and featherbedding were rampant.
Cargo was an all-hands operation, as Sisu never permitted stevedores inside, even if it meant paying for featherbedding.