Working Time Around the World:Trends in Working Hours, Laws, and Policies in a Global Comparative Perspective (repost)
Working Time Around the World:Trends in Working Hours, Laws, and Policies in a Global Comparative Perspective
Routledge | 2007-07-16 | ISBN: 041543937X | 220 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB
Routledge | 2007-07-16 | ISBN: 041543937X | 220 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB
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.