Business owner (labor) - gyoshu

...the class that sells its labor ability to an employer as a commodity and earns a living from the wages or salary it receives in return for a certain amount of labor. In terms of statistical terms for "employed persons" engaged in social labor, workers are almost synonymous with "employee" and are distinguished from "owners" such as self-employed farmers and merchants and industrialists, and "family workers" who help the owner's work as a member of the family. Currently, in developed countries, the proportion of employees among employed persons is as high as 70-95%.

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…自己の労働能力を商品として雇主に販売し，一定時間の労働の対価として得る賃金や俸給によって生計をたてる階級をいう。社会的労働に携わる〈就業者〉に関する統計用語でいえば，労働者は〈雇用者〉とほぼ同義であり，自営農，商工業者などの〈業主〉，家族の一員として業主の仕事を手伝う〈家族従業者〉から区別される。現在，先進諸国では就業者中に占める雇用者の比率が70～95％の高さにも及んでいる。…

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