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Working Time Around the World - Trends in Working Hours, Laws, and Policies in a Global Comparative Perspective (Hardcover, New)
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Working Time Around the World - Trends in Working Hours, Laws, and Policies in a Global Comparative Perspective (Hardcover, New)
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John Maynard Keynes once made the bold prediction that the
three-hour work day would prevail for his grandchildren's
generation. Seventy years later, the question of working time is as
pertinent as it was at the inception of the 40-hour week. Not until
now, however, has there been a global comparative analysis of
working time laws, policies and actual working hours. Despite a
century-long optimism about reduced working hours and some progress
in legal measures limiting working hours, this book demonstrates
that differences in actual working hours between industrialized and
developing countries remain considerable - without any clear sign
of hours being reduced.This study aims to offer some suggestions
about how this gap can begin to be closed. Lee, McCann and
Messenger trace the theoretical background of the concept of
working time before examining recent trends in working time laws in
developing countries and countries in transition. The study then
shifts its focus to developments in selected countries, considering
both broad trends in working time at a national level and the
structure and dynamics underlying these trends.The authors provide
a remarkable set of policy suggestions that preserve health and
safety, are 'family-friendly', promote gender equality, enhance
productivity and facilitate workers' choice and influence over
their working hours. This book will be of great interest to policy
makers engaged with working conditions or health and safety, labour
market experts, trade union leaders and workers' organizations, as
well as academics and researchers in the fields of industrial
relations, labour economics and labour law.
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