open-collar

Definitions

Of or pertaining to work that is performed from home, especially by means of the Internet.

idiomatic, informal, not-comparable

Examples

“The white-collar worker and open-collar professional have⟳ been imbued from earliest schooling with an individualist, anti-labor organizational ethic. Added to this, the new technologies are being utilized, in some cases, to restore⟳ patterns of home work⟳ and piece work⟳.”

“In qualitative studies, open-collar workers said they felt they accomplished more because there were fewer interruptions. Employers also find⟳ that offering telecommuting positions can give⟳ them a recruiting advantage.”

“Far from being some special breed⟳ in three-button suits, these hard-working people are blue collar as often as white collar and, increasingly, the open⟳ collar workers of the information age.”

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