Work Sharing during the Great Recession : New Developments and Beyond.

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 analysed fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Messenger, Jon C.
Otros Autores: Ghosheh, Naj
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : International Labour Office, 2013.
Temas:
2000-2099
Work sharing > History > 21st century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 > Social aspects.
Partage du travail > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009 > Aspect social.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Social aspects
Work sharing
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; 1. An introduction to work sharing: A strategy for preserving jobs, creating new employment and improving individual well-being; 2. Work sharing as an alternative to layoffs: Lessons from the German experience during the crisis; 3. European diversity of work sharing as a crisis measure: The experiences of Austria, Belgium, France and the Netherlands; 4. Work sharing in Japan; 5. The Turkish experience with work-sharing policy during the global economic crisis, 2008-2010.
  • 6. Results of the implementation of the suspension and partial unemployment insurance programmes in Uruguay, 2009-20107. Work sharing as a potential policy tool for creating more and better employment: A review of theevidence; 8. Conclusion: Lessons learned from the Great Recession and implications for policy; Index.

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