Homeshoring
[hohm-shawr, ‐shohr] /ˈhoʊmˌʃɔr, ‐ˌʃoʊr/
verb (used with or without object), homeshored, homeshoring.
1.
to allow (employees) to work from home rather than in an office or factory:
Absenteeism is reduced when workers are homeshored.
/ˈhəʊmˌʃɔːrɪŋ/
noun
1.
the practice of paying one’s employees to work from home rather than in an office Also called homesourcing
noun
the transfer of service industry jobs to electronically connected home-based employees
Word Origin
2004; patterned on offshoring
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