Piece work

[4] Some industries where piece rate pay jobs are common are agricultural work, cable installation, call centers, writing, editing, translation, truck driving, data entry, carpet cleaning, craftwork, garment production, and manufacturing.

[5] Working for a piece rate does not mean that employers are exempt from paying minimum wage or overtime requirements, which vary among nations and states.

[6] Employers may find it in their interest to use piece rate pay after examining three theoretical considerations; the cost and viability of monitoring output in a way that accurately measures production so that quality doesn't decrease is first.

[7] Employees decide whether to work for piece rate pay if the relative earnings are high, and if other physical and psychological conditions are favorable.

[citation needed] Crowdsourcing systems such as Mechanical Turk involve minute information-processing tasks (such as identifying photos or recognizing signatures) for which workers are compensated on a per-task basis.

[citation needed] The reality of the earlier English system had been that handcrafted pieces rarely fit together on the first try, and a single artisan was ultimately required to rework all parts of a finished good.

[dubious – discuss][citation needed] By the early 19th century, the accuracy of machine tools meant that piecework parts were produced fully ready for final assembly.

[citation needed]Factories that collected sweating system workers at a single location, working at individual machines, and being paid piece rates became pejoratively known as sweatshops.

[citation needed] There can be improper record keeping at the hands of supervisors attempting to cheat employees, to build piece rate systems that prevent workers from earning higher wages.

[13] Incentivizes Productivity: Piece rate pay encourages workers to increase their output as they directly benefit from producing more.