labour-intensive

UK (US labor-intensive)

adjective HR, PRODUCTION

Definition

› if an industry, process, etc. is labour-intensive, it needs a lot of workers: The service sector is more labour-intensive and less productive than manufacturing. Converting shale oil to usable material takes a labor-intensive process that's very environmentally damaging. → Compare capital-intensive

(Definition of labour-intensive adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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