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Shoes would be a critical matter once he went back to daywork.

Ms. Thornton took in daywork and washing to support the family.

Time taken in unloading should be recorded by the foreman and paid at the agreed daywork rate.

(f) That daywork hours for such items as unloading are accurately checked.

The Italian national committee is called "Operation Daywork".

(f) Daywork rate - per hour.

Sometimes the outrage is over the jornaleros who gather at Home Depots to solicit daywork.

The builder also runs the risk of facing contra-charges or requests for daywork payments for standing time, when materials or plant are not available.

Where daywork rates are applied an agreed charge to cover overheads, administrative costs, site supervision, establishment costs, attendance and profit is made.

Theoretically the sub-contractor should make provision for these on-costs in the rates or daywork rate agreed with the builder, but frequently the provision is inadequate.

Equally, the builder is usually anxious to keep daywork rates low and avoid daywork if possible.

(d) The gang may be constituted of two or three core members with other tradesmen or labourers employed either on daywork or discounted rates.

(a) The sub-contractor is encouraged to measure the work himself and submit a detailed account to the surveyor together with any daywork sheets signed by the general foreman.

Some sub-contractors, particularly when paid on the lump or a daywork basis, may expect payment on a Friday, up to and including that day, but from the builder's point of view it is preferable to keep a week in hand.

The surveyor can easily assess the relationship between earnings on measured work and daywork, in order to verify the daywork hours, provided he is aware of the total hours worked each week.

"Father's sister Varvara, who had sent for us and who seemed at first a fresh, 40-year-old woman who never lacked either work or a lover, in those years became an old woman, still doing daywork, going to other people's kitchens to wash dishes or to mop floors.

Due to the fact that the sub-contractor when paid on a piecework basis achieves a relatively high hourly rate, most sub-contractors either negotiate an equivalent daywork rate per hour or resist working on daywork and agree rates or lump sums for the particular work involved.