Work sharing during the Great Recession : : new developments and beyond / / edited by Jon C. Messenger, Naj Ghosheh.
Work sharing' is a labour market instrument devised in order to distribute a reduced volume of work to the same (or similar) number of workers over a diminished period of working time in order to avoid redundancies. This fascinating and timely study presents the concept and history of work shar...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1. An introduction to work sharing: A strategy for preserving jobs, creating new employment and im; 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, Fra; 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
- 7. Work sharing as a potential policy tool for creating more and better employment: A review of the8. Conclusion: Lessons learned from the Great Recession and implications for policy; Index