1. An introduction to work sharing : a strategy for preserving jobs, creating new employment and improving individual well-being / Jon C. Messenger and Naj Ghosheh -- 2. Work sharing as an alternative to layoffs : lessons from the German experience during the crisis / Lutz Bellmann ... [et al.]...

This volume presents the concept and history of work sharing, how it can be used as a strategy for preserving jobs and also its potential for increasing employment - including the complexities and trade-offs involved. Work-sharing programmes used during the Great Recession of 2008-09 are...