Die Flexibilisierung der Arbeitszeiten ist seit Jahren ein Anliegen der Wirtschaft. Eine derflexibelsten Formen eines Anstellungsverhältnisses stellt die Arbeit auf Abruf dar. DasBundesgericht hatte bereits vor einigen Jahren entschieden, dass entsprechende Verträge zulässigsind. Es hatte...

The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important not only at the individual level but also for governmental formation of work time policy. Our study investigates this question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between...

The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important not only at the individual level but also for governmental formation of work time policy. Our study investigates this question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between...

Using several waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes the effect of long work hours on health and lifestyles in a sample of 18- to 65-year-old Chinese workers. Although working long hours does significantly increase the probabilities of high blood pressure and...