Decent working time / Jean-Yves Boulin  

Public ISBD Titre : Decent working time : new trends, new issues Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Jean-Yves Boulin, Auteur ; Michel Lallement, Auteur ; Jon C. Messenger ; François Michon Editeur : Genève [Suisse] : ILO Année de publication : 2006 Importance : 487 p Note générale : 05.01.BOU Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Conditions de travail Tags : Aménagement du temps de travail  Travail  Pays en développement Index. décimale : 05.01 - Travail Résumé : This collection, comprised of papers from some of the leading international scholars in the field, reflects on the profound changes in the nature of working time, and indeed the nature of employment itself in the industrialized world. Including international comparative analysis alongside national case studies, this volume offers a wealth of information on the new trends which have emerged over the past decades - all of which were discussed at the recent 9th International Symposium on Working Time, Paris (2004). It looks at the increasing use of results-based employment relationships for managers and professionals, and the increasing fragmentation of time to more closely tailor staffing needs to customer requirements (e.g., short-hours, part-time work). Moreover, as operating/opening hours rapidly expand toward a 24-hour and 7-day economy, the book considers how this has resulted in a growing diversification, decentralization, and individualization of working hours, as well as an increasing tension between enterprises' business requirements and workers' needs and preferences regarding their hours. This new reality has raised some other challenging issues as well and the volume addresses those such as increasing employment insecurity and instability, time-related social inequalities, particularly in relation to gender, workers' ability to balance their paid work with their personal lives, and even the synchronization of working hours with social times, such as community activities. In addition, the book offers valuable insights on how policy-makers, academics, and the social partners can together help further develop and refine an effective policy framework for advancing "decent working time." En ligne : http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/@publ/documents/public [...] Decent working time : new trends, new issues [texte imprimé] / Jean-Yves Boulin, Auteur ; Michel Lallement, Auteur ; Jon C. Messenger ; François Michon . - Genève (Suisse) : ILO, 2006 . - 487 p. 05.01.BOU Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Conditions de travail Tags : Aménagement du temps de travail  Travail  Pays en développement Index. décimale : 05.01 - Travail Résumé : This collection, comprised of papers from some of the leading international scholars in the field, reflects on the profound changes in the nature of working time, and indeed the nature of employment itself in the industrialized world. Including international comparative analysis alongside national case studies, this volume offers a wealth of information on the new trends which have emerged over the past decades - all of which were discussed at the recent 9th International Symposium on Working Time, Paris (2004). It looks at the increasing use of results-based employment relationships for managers and professionals, and the increasing fragmentation of time to more closely tailor staffing needs to customer requirements (e.g., short-hours, part-time work). Moreover, as operating/opening hours rapidly expand toward a 24-hour and 7-day economy, the book considers how this has resulted in a growing diversification, decentralization, and individualization of working hours, as well as an increasing tension between enterprises' business requirements and workers' needs and preferences regarding their hours. This new reality has raised some other challenging issues as well and the volume addresses those such as increasing employment insecurity and instability, time-related social inequalities, particularly in relation to gender, workers' ability to balance their paid work with their personal lives, and even the synchronization of working hours with social times, such as community activities. In addition, the book offers valuable insights on how policy-makers, academics, and the social partners can together help further develop and refine an effective policy framework for advancing "decent working time." En ligne : http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/@publ/documents/public [...]

Working time around the world / Jon C. Messenger  

Public ISBD Titre : Working time around the world : Trends in working hours, laws and policies in a global comparative perspective Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Jon C. Messenger, Auteur ; Deirdre McCann, Auteur ; Sangheon Lee Editeur : Routledge Année de publication : 2007 Autre Editeur : Genève [Suisse] : ILO Collection : Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy Importance : 239 p Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Conditions de travail Tags : Travail  Politique de travail  Emploi  Aménagement du temps de travail Index. décimale : 05.01 Travail - Généralités Résumé : Based on a series of 14 national studies undertaken between 2001-2005 to track trends in hours of work and the organization of working time, this book examines the diverse, and often complex, circumstances that exist the following countries: Brazil, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Korea, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, the Russian Federation, Senegal and Tunisia. The study also analyses data from an even broader range of countries, drawing from: the ILO's new database of working time laws; existing ILO data on average weekly working hours; and a new standardized questionnaire collecting data on the distribution of weekly working hours from national statistics. Thus, the study provides the richest array of data ever assembled for analysing working time in the developing world. What comes to light is that traditional working time concerns, such as long hours combined with inadequate rest periods, remain a concern in many countries. At the same time, new issues associated with deregulation and more flexible working time arrangements (such as part-time work and compressed workweeks) are becoming increasingly significant, not only in industrialized countries, but in parts of the developing world as well. The book identifies broad trends in working time at the national level, including cross-country and sectoral variations. It also considers the structure and dynamics underlying the national working time trends, including changes in economic structure, such as "tertiarization" (i.e., the expanding service sector) and informalization, as well as the specific circumstances of particular groups of workers, such as those with family responsibilities and older workers. The book concludes with a set of policy recommendations that are designed to apply the "decent working time" framework put forth in a previous volume, Decent Working Time, to the very different realities which exist in developing and transition countries. En ligne : http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/@publ/documents/public [...] Working time around the world : Trends in working hours, laws and policies in a global comparative perspective [texte imprimé] / Jon C. Messenger, Auteur ; Deirdre McCann, Auteur ; Sangheon Lee . - UK : Routledge : Genève (Suisse) : ILO, 2007 . - 239 p. - (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy) . Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Conditions de travail Tags : Travail  Politique de travail  Emploi  Aménagement du temps de travail Index. décimale : 05.01 Travail - Généralités Résumé : Based on a series of 14 national studies undertaken between 2001-2005 to track trends in hours of work and the organization of working time, this book examines the diverse, and often complex, circumstances that exist the following countries: Brazil, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Korea, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, the Russian Federation, Senegal and Tunisia. The study also analyses data from an even broader range of countries, drawing from: the ILO's new database of working time laws; existing ILO data on average weekly working hours; and a new standardized questionnaire collecting data on the distribution of weekly working hours from national statistics. Thus, the study provides the richest array of data ever assembled for analysing working time in the developing world. What comes to light is that traditional working time concerns, such as long hours combined with inadequate rest periods, remain a concern in many countries. At the same time, new issues associated with deregulation and more flexible working time arrangements (such as part-time work and compressed workweeks) are becoming increasingly significant, not only in industrialized countries, but in parts of the developing world as well. The book identifies broad trends in working time at the national level, including cross-country and sectoral variations. It also considers the structure and dynamics underlying the national working time trends, including changes in economic structure, such as "tertiarization" (i.e., the expanding service sector) and informalization, as well as the specific circumstances of particular groups of workers, such as those with family responsibilities and older workers. The book concludes with a set of policy recommendations that are designed to apply the "decent working time" framework put forth in a previous volume, Decent Working Time, to the very different realities which exist in developing and transition countries. En ligne : http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/@publ/documents/public [...]

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