A short history of flexible hours - historical baselines of working time policy in Germany

Markus Promberger (IAB)

This paper analyses the structures and patterns, dimensions and interest relations behind 200 years of working time negotiations and conflicts, based on historical and contemporary literature and research, mainly but not exclusively in Germany. One main thesis is that 'new' flexibilization trends are not new at all, while the effective standardization of working hours is limited to a couple of decades in the 20th century. Nevertheless and for various reasons, working time arrangements are a social and political issue which should not be left to individual contracting but subject to reflexive labour policy.

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Year of publication:	1 December 2021
Authors:	Promberger, Markus
Publisher:	Nürnberg : Institute for Employment Research of the Federal Employment Agency
Subject:	collective bargaining \| individual preferences \| industrial relations \| labour history \| welfare capitalism \| working hours \| working time \| working time policies \| Arbeitszeit \| Working time \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Arbeitszeitgestaltung \| Working time arrangement \| Arbeitsbeziehungen \| Employment relations \| Tarifverhandlungen \| Collective bargaining

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 28 Seiten)
Series:	IAB discussion paper : Beiträge zum wissenschaftlichen Dialog aus dem Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. - Nürnberg : IAB, ISSN 2195-2663, ZDB-ID 2195135-4. - Vol. 2021, 17
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Zusammenfassung in deutscher Sprache
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/249703 [Handle]
Classification:	J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; J50 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining. General ; N30 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income and Wealth. General, International, or Comparative ; N33 - Europe: Pre-1913 ; N35 - Asia including Middle East ; o35 ; O52 - Europe
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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