| Document ID (ISN) | 34950 |
| CIS number |
81-272 |
| Year |
1980 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Pommier D.P. |
| Title |
The 4-day 10-hour working week |
| Original title |
A propos de la semaine de travail de quatre jours de dix heures. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Université de Paris-Sud, Faculté de médecine de Paris-Sud, Paris, France, 1980. 71p. 39 ref. |
| Abstract |
MD thesis. Part 1: history of, and background material on, the 4x10h working week (extent of the system in the world); statutory (especially in France) and sociological aspects (motivation for management and workers, problems of dividing time between work, commuting and home life, including domestic tasks). Part 2: medical aspects of the system: sleep disturbance, reduction of sleep time, physical and nervous fatigue, risk of occupational accidents, problems of toxicity levels to be reconsidered in view of the new hours of work. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
work time schedules; work organization |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
occupational safety; threshold limit values; France; sleep deprivation; physical fatigue; thesis; legislation; social aspects; nervous fatigue |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Hours of work
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