Work sharing during the Great Recession : new developments and beyond / / edited by Jon C. Messenger, Naj Ghosheh

• Pubblicazione: Cheltenham ; ; Northampton, MA, : Edward Elgar, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.2572090511
• Soggetto topico: Job sharing; Financial crises
• Altri autori: MessengerJon C <1960-> (Jon Carleton) GhoshehNaj
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 sharing and explores the complexities and trade-offs involved in its use as both a strategy for preserving jobs and for increasing employment. The expert contributors analyse country case studies of work sharing programmes implemented across the globe during the great recession of 2008 - 09, and synthesize l
• Titolo autorizzato: Work sharing during the great recession
• ISBN: 1-78254-088-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910719617603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II