"For many years there have been lively debates about the integration of women in the labour market, especially in terms of equality between women and men or the integration of women in management positions. In 2008 the data from the IAB Establishment Panel (Fischer et al. 2009) shed light on the...

Eine erhoehte Verfuegbarkeit von Arbeitskraft auch ausserhalb der „Normalarbeitszeit“ bis hin zur staendigen Erreichbarkeit wird heutzutage branchenuebergreifend oftmals erwartet. Arbeit auf Abruf bzw. Rufbereitschaft sind dabei zwei konkrete Modelle flexibler Arbeitszeiten, die Unternehmen...

The article studies problems of use of labour resources in food industry companies. It conducts assessment of use of labour resources by food industry companies in Zaporizhzhya oblast. It shows that reduction of labour activity of employees is observed in companies of the oblast. It states that...

Government schemes that compensate workers for the loss of income while they are on short hours (known as short-time work compensation schemes) make it easier for employers to temporarily reduce hours worked so that labor is better matched to output requirements. Because the employers do not lay...

Sleep is functional for individual and societal well-being, with partial sleep deprivation associated with adverse health and safety consequences. Surprisingly, sleep is absent from work—life balance debates and has remained largely under-researched by sociologists. This article examines...

Flextime by individual choice has been invented in businesses during the 1960s. However, the reasons for this introduction were more related to the labor market, to management of staff and fluidity of urban traffic. Desynchronization of temporalities by individuals has not failed to challenge...

Исследованы проблемы использования трудовых ресурсов на предприятиях пищевой промышленности. Проведена оценка использования трудовых ресурсов предприятиями...

The financial challenges of the last decade have changed the national economies and the face of the societies across the world, affecting the time allocation patterns for individuals. Time is spent different by people, because of social norms and values, as well as the culture, traditions and...