1st Edition
Organizations and Working Time Standards A Comparison of Negotiations in Europe
By Jens Thoemmes
Copyright 2013
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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Collective bargaining between employers and trade unions has profoundly changed working conditions in companies around the globe. But why do we start work at the age of 10, 16, 18 or 24? Why do we work 6, 8, 10 or more hours a day? These questions are becoming increasingly pertinent as working norms are fractured and fragmented by country. This book brings an entirely new perspective to our... Read more
1. Introduction: Emergence of Variable Time Norms 2. Market Time: The Need to Widen the Scope of Enquiry on Work 3. Market Time in France 4. Market Time in Germany: The Case of 4-Day Week at Volkswagen 5. General Conclusions
Biography
Jens Thoemmes is Research Director at CNRS, CERTOP Research Laboratory, at the University of Toulouse, Le Mirail, France.
