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vr.tr.work · thing-q268378

Let an agent handle work by type, conditions, rights and organisation, linking occupations, employment and industries.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Kind What work.

Form

Employment, self-employment, unpaid.

Form

Form of work.

  1. What form of work is it? definition
  2. Is it paid? boundary

Classification

Occupation and industry.

Classification

Classifications.

  1. Which occupation and industry codes apply? provenance
  2. How is it counted in statistics? definition
Conditions Pay and hours.

Pay

Wages.

Pay

Pay and minimum wage.

  1. What is the pay, and does it meet the minimum wage? measurement
  2. How is it paid? definition

Hours

Working time.

Hours

Working time.

  1. What hours are worked? measurement
  2. Are working-time limits respected? boundary
Safety Health at work.

Hazards

Risks.

Hazards

Workplace hazards.

  1. What hazards does the work involve? boundary
  2. How are they controlled? action

Wellbeing

Stress.

Wellbeing

Psychosocial risks.

  1. Are psychosocial risks managed? boundary
  2. Where can workers get support? action
Rights Protections.

Law

Employment rights.

Rights

Employment rights.

  1. Which employment rights apply? boundary
  2. How can they be enforced? action

Abuse

Forced labour.

Abuse

Signs of exploitation.

  1. Are there signs of forced labour or exploitation? boundary
  2. Where should it be reported? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
field service management, hatmaking, hat industry in Curaçao, innovation hub, wood turning, business development, International business development, sports media, data migration, media migration, migration from Fandom, live migration

What it is Filled

Activities in which people apply effort and skill as a means of supporting themselves or their households, through paid employment, self-employment or unpaid activity that provides subsistence or household support.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle work by type, conditions, rights and organisation, linking occupations, employment and industries.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Work in this sense is performed as a means of support.
  • It includes paid employment, self-employment and unpaid activities that provide subsistence or household support.
  • Applicable labour protections depend on the jurisdiction and working arrangement.
  • Occupational and industrial classifications describe many forms of work.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Monitor workers covertly or beyond what the law allows.
  • Assign work that breaches safety rules or working-time limits.
  • Help exploit forced or child labour.
  • Misreport hours or pay.

Only with a human decision

  • Decisions on hiring, firing, pay or discipline.

May

  • Help workers plan, document and track tasks they choose to share.
  • Explain labour rights and safety rules with sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Work gives livelihood and dignity but can exploit and endanger.
  • Unpaid work, often by women, goes unrecognised.

Who is affected

  • Workers
  • Employers
  • Families

Owners Filled

Steward

The worker and the employer, under labour law and inspectorates.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q8187769 - registry parent class

related

  • occupation - role
  • income - pay
  • labour law - rules
  • business or organization - employer

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.work
  • Wikidata: Q268378 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268378)
  • ISCO code: four digits occupation classification
  • NACE or ISIC code: industry classification industry

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Tasks, workplaces and tools
  • Contracts and payslips
  • Industry and occupation classifications
  • People working in workplaces, fields, homes and online.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • do and organise it
  • contract and pay for it
  • regulate conditions
  • measure it in statistics

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Unsafe work
  • Exploitation and forced labour
  • Overwork and burnout

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • ILO conventions
  • National labour law
  • Occupational safety law

Context of use required Filled

  • Producing value and earning a living.
  • employment
  • self-employment and freelancing
  • unpaid care and volunteer work
  • crafts such as hatmaking or wood turning
  • knowledge work

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q268378: work - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Work (human activity) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should forms of work be separate entries?
  • How should unpaid work be represented?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as innovation hub; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q268378/spec.json