# Time-Oriented Labor
**Domain:** Labor History / Temporal Governance
**Doc Type:** Concept
**Maturity:** Developed
**Related:** [[E. P. Thompson]], [[Task-Oriented Time]], [[Cycle Time]], [[Punch Clock]], [[Schedule and Loop]]
## Definition
Time-oriented labor measures work in standardized units of duration purchased or administered independently of task completion.
## Schedule–Loop Context
It converts the clock into a governor. Attendance, pace and compensation become comparable signals within an administrative control system.
## Backlinks
- [[Schedule and Loop]]
- [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]]
- [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]