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White collar workers were more likely to be longer term employees with seniority and accrued benefits vs. hourly/labor employees receiving no such vacation from the union hall.
It described the clothes middle class workers wore.
Yes. Trades are considered blue collar even when the worker is highly skilled. Office workers are considered white collar, and a new term, green collar, refers to those employed in either office or trades in an ecological endeavor.
White collar workers were more likely to be longer term employees with seniority and accrued benefits vs. hourly/labor employees receiving no such vacation from the union hall.
Blue collar refers to employees whose job entails (largely or entirely) physical labor, such as in a factory or workshop. For a piece of work to be termed blue collar, it should be directly related to the output generated by the firm, and its end result should be identifiable or tangible. Historically, in the West, manual workers wore blue shirt collars but clerical workers wore whiteWhite collar refers to employees whose job entails, largely or entirely, mental or clerical work, such as in an office. The term white collar work used to characterize non-manual workers, but now it refers to employees or professionals whose work is knowledge intensive, non-routine, and unstructured. Historically, in the West, clerical workers wore white shirt collars but manual workers wore blueFor more information refer to link below.
(They could stop working when the boss went home). White-collar jobs are more typically office jobs, so they usually end at five pm. Blue-collar, service-oriented jobs can be done whenever necessary, so they don't have as much flexibility.
Business man is a very broad term. It really depends on what kind of business you are doing. It is safe to say that white collar workers (business men) make more money that blue collar workers (laborers). Try asking your question again and be more specific.
Edwin Sutherland in 1939
White collar crimes
I think you are referring to "white collar crime" but it has nothing whatsoever to do with their social status. A low-level clerk or accountant in a business can commit white collar crime just as easy as the CEO.
White collar crime
One term is white collar worker.