Changes in Working Time : An International Review

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; Arguments for Change; The Work-sharing Argument; The Discretion/Choice Argument; The Argument Relating to Changes in the Labour Force; The Equality/Harmonization Argument; The Technology and Organizational Efficiency Argument; Broader Societal Arguments; A Word on Obstacles to Change; Outline of the Book; Notes; 2. The Working Day, Working Week and the Work-sharing Argument; Trends in Daily and Weekly Work Hours in Britain

Pre-Industrial RevolutionThe Early Nineteenth Century; A Note on Saturday Working; The Late Nineteenth Century; Twentieth-century Changes in Work Hours; Trends in Working Hours Outside Britain; General Trends; Individual Country Studies; Current and Future Trends in Weekly Hours; The Work-sharing Debate; Economists' Views of Work-sharing; Trade Union Responses to Work-sharing; Employers' Criticisms of Work-sharing; Employee Preferences on Working Time and Time-leisure Tradeoffs; Results of Work-sharing Initiatives and other Worktime Reductions; Notes; 3. Overtime and Shiftwork; Overtime

The Pattern of Overtime WorkingReasons for Overtime Working; The Role of Legislation Outside Britain; Conclusion; Shiftwork; The Extent and Growth of Shiftworking; Shiftwork Patterns; Why has Shiftworking Increased?; Shiftworking and Individual Well-being; Recent Developments in Shiftwork Arrangements; Conclusions; Notes; 4. Holidays; The Growth of Holidays; Developments in Britain; Developments outside Britain; Qualitative Aspects of Holiday Entitlement; Sabbaticals; Unpaid or Part-paid Leave; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Short-time Working

The Use of Short-time Working in Britain, West Germany and North AmericaBritain; West Germany; North America; Conclusions; Notes; 6. Part-time Working and Job-sharing; The Growth of Part-time Working in Britain; International Patterns of Part-time Working; Reasons for the Growth of Part-time Working; The Demand for Part-time Labour; The Supply of Part-time Labour; Problems for Part-time Workers; The Growth of Job-sharing; Some Reasons for the Slow Growth of Job-sharing; Conclusions; Notes; 7. Flexitime, Compressed Workweeks and Staggered Hours; Flexitime; Patterns of Growth of Flextime

Attitudes to FlexitimeFlexitime and Family Life; Flexitime and Employee Discretion; Compressed Workweeks; Forms and Growth of Compressed Workweeks; Advantages and Disadvantages of Compression for Management and Workforce; Future Prospects for the Compressed Workweek; Staggered Hours; Notes; 8. Changes in Retirement Patterns; The General Age of Retirement; Growth in Early Retirement Schemes; Company-based Early Retirement Schemes; State Early Retirement Schemes; Gradual Retirement Schemes; Phasing by Time; The Swedish Partial Pension Scheme; Phasing by Job Changes; Conclusion; Notes

9. The Future of Working Time

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