The present overview on existing research addresses the double implication of working-time standards as legal (or contractual) norms, on the one hand, and socially established normality, on the other. Looking primarily at the evidence on the statutory 35-hour week in France, the author discusses...

In dem vorliegenden Bericht werden die Ergebnisse einer Erhebung zur betrieblichen Arbeitszeitorganisation in der europäischen Automobilindustrie vorgestellt. Auf der Basis von Angaben aus 39 Automobilfabriken in elf Ländern werden die Dauer der Arbeits- und Betriebszeiten sowie die...

Auf dem Weg in die Dienstleistungsgesellschaft stellen sich viele Branchen im Wettbewerb ganz neu auf. Nicht nur in der Industrie werden Produkte und Prozesse so dicht wie möglich an der Marktnachfrage ausgerichtet. Auch in traditionellen Dienstleistungssektoren wie dem Einzelhandel hat die...

Based on data from 109 agreements, mainly in the engineering industry, discusses the trend to arrange flexible working schedules at plant level and the potential impact of these agreements on employment security and job creation.

In principle, two different types of working-time instruments were used to introduce working-time changes during the crisis. First, work-sharing schemes (with their country-specific institutional background and public subsidies); second, working-time adjustments based on unilateral or bilateral...

This book examines the ways in which collective bargaining addresses a variety of workplace concerns in the context of today’s global economy. Globalization can contribute to growth and development, but as the recent financial crisis demonstrated, it also puts employment, earnings and...

The paper seeks to evaluate the evidence on the employment effects of the collective working-time reductions in Europe over the past 20 years. While theoretical analyses produce contradictory assessments, most empirical studies show positive employment effects but take insufficient account of...