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workfare

[ wuhrk-fair ]

noun

  1. a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.


workfare

/ ˈwɜːkˌfɛə /

noun

  1. a scheme under which the government of a country requires unemployed people to do community work or undergo job training in return for social-security payments
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of workfare1

First recorded in 1965–70; work + (wel)fare
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Word History and Origins

Origin of workfare1

C20: from work + ( wel ) fare
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Example Sentences

As an assistant pastor, Mr. Warnock publicly criticized the Giuliani administration’s implementation of a workfare program — which required welfare recipients to work for benefits — and made an impression on a number of elected officials himself, as well as on Mr. Butts.

“They don’t fund landslides or losers,” Mr. Carney said of the group, calling it “a workfare effort, not a welfare group.”

The reactionary version is workfare.

Workfare came to serve as the main response to job loss.

The JG should not devolve to either workfare or welfare … Workers can be fired for cause — with grievance procedures established to protect their rights, and with conditions on rehiring into the program.

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