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Catchword for “job and knock”
Catchword: job and knock
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Part of speech: n.
Quotation: A regular inquiry theme has been the RailCorp tradition of “job and knock”—a term for leaving a job after only a couple of hours but charging for the whole day.
Article or document title:
“Employee goes back to work despite theft, fraud” (URL)
Author:
Linton Besser
Article, document, publication, web site:
Sydney Morning Herald
Date of publication:
May 10, 2008
This catchword has yet to be researched.
Posted 13 May 08 | Permalink | Tell a Friend
Comments:
Hi,
My (UK) understanding of the term is somewhat different. Here "job and knock" means being paid a day's wage for doing a specific job, regardless of the time taken - an incentive to the hourly-paid to get a job done quickly: finish the job and knock off.
by C.L.Mangles 13 May 08, 0836 GMT

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