non-manual
adjective[before noun]
(alsononmanual)uk/ˌnɒnˈmæn.ju.əl/us/ˌnɑːnˈmæn.ju.əl/notworkingwith thehandsorrelatingtoworkdone with thehands:
Manualworkersareshownto havehigherratesofabsenteeismthan non-manualemployees.
Theriskofheartdiseaseisgreateramong menemployedin non-manualjobsthan those who domanuallabour.
- Employees are lesslikelytoqualifyforovertimepayiftheirprimarydutyincludesperformingofficeor nonmanualwork.
- Incomparisontotheirparents, those whorespondedto thequestionnairewere morelikelyto beengagedin non-manualoccupations.
- In thesestandardsocio-economicgroupings, ABcoversmanagement,professional,technical, andadministrativeoccupations; C1coversother non-manualstaff; and C2coversskilledmanualworkers.
- Thestudycomparedtheacademicsuccessofchildrenfrom non-manualbackgroundswith those frommanualbackgrounds.
Types of employment
- admin
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- administratively
- at the coalfaceidiom
- jobless
- joblessness
- jobseeker
- labour-intensive
- lackey
- qualified
- recertify
- redundancy
- redundant
- retcon
- well qualified
- WFH
- white-collar
- who's whoidiom
- wilderness yearsidiom