sweating system

…Since these jobs no longer have any unique technical basis in themselves, and are merely unskilled, simple tasks in the auxiliary work processes of factories, much of the domestic work is done by housewives, the sick, the elderly, and the like. Coupled with the exploitation of middlemen, the working conditions are extremely poor, and this is a typical example of the so-called sweating system. For convenience, the types of domestic work are usually categorized into three: (1) full-time domestic work, where the household does the work as its main occupation; (2) home-based work, where a family member other than the head of the household does it separately from the head of the household's main occupation to help support the household; and (3) side-job domestic work, where the household does it in between the main occupation. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "sweating system" is listed below.

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…それらはもはやそれ自身としてはなんら独自の技術的基礎をもたず，工場の付随的な作業工程での不熟練，簡単な作業でしかないことから，家内労働の多くが，主婦や家庭内の病弱者，老人などによって行われている。仲介者の中間搾取も加わって，労働条件はきわめて劣悪であり，いわゆるスウェッティング･システムsweating system(苦汗制度)の代表的形態である。　家内労働の類型としては，通常便宜的に，(1)家内労働をその世帯の本業とする専業的家内労働，(2)世帯主以外の家族が世帯主の本業とは別に，家計補助のために行う内職的家内労働，(3)本業のあいまに行う副業的家内労働の三つに区分されている。…

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