What identifies wage employment?

Correct answer: A person works for an employer for fixed payment

Direct answer: Option C is correct. Wage employment is work done for an employer in return for an agreed payment, usually called wages or salary. The reasoning is: there is a worker; there is another person, company or institution acting as employer; the worker provides labour or service; the employer pays a fixed or agreed amount. Option C includes both essential ideas—an employer and payment—so it is correct. Option A is wrong because unpaid self-work is not wage employment; it may be self-employment or unpaid work. Option B is wrong because household work done for family without wages is generally unpaid domestic work, not employment for an employer. Option D is wrong because providing no service cannot be called employment. The amount may be paid daily, weekly or monthly, but payment for work remains the key feature. Memory cue: wage employment equals ‘work for an employer, payment in return’.