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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 50027 |
| CIS number |
88-1155 |
| ISBN(s) |
92-2-106151-5 |
| Year |
1987 |
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| Author(s) |
White M. |
| Title |
Working hours - Assessing the potential for reduction |
| Bibliographic information |
ILO Publications, International Labour Office, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, 1987. 103p. 81 ref. Price: CHF 20.00. |
| Abstract |
This book discusses the relevant economic theory, empirical research, public policy, and industrial relations of shorter work hours. Covered are: reduction, economics and the enterprise (income and leisure, fruits of productivity, macro-economic models and their limits, assessment of capability); arguments in favour of and against hours reduction (contribution to health and quality of life, unemployment, opposition to reduction, potential common ground between advocates and opponents); productivity improvements (distinction among improvements, excessive hours, motivation to improve efficiency, time management and utilisation, automation, productivity and negotiated change); hours, wages and collective determination (bargaining problems, covert wage adjustments, insufficiency of agreements, new forms of collective determination, individual options, innovations and the problem of scale); assessing the potential by reduction of excessive hours, progressive reduction, accelerated reduction and reduction through individual options. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
industrial relations; work time schedules |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
automation; individual variables; increase in productivity; collective agreements; remuneration; economic aspects; ILO |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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| Browse category(ies) |
Hours of work
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