Work sharing during the great recession [electronic resource] : new developments and beyond / edited by Jon C. Messenger, Naj Ghosheh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Messenger, Jon C. (Jon Carleton), 1960-

Ghosheh, Naj.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work sharing.

Recessions.

Physical Description:

viii, 312 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar ; Geneva : International Labour Office, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents the concept and history of work sharing, how it can be used as a strategy for preserving jobs and also its potential for increasing employment - including the complexities and trade-offs involved. Work-sharing programmes used during the Great Recession of 2008-09 are analysed for several European countries and other countries around the world.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Contributors

1. An introduction to work sharing: A strategy for preserving jobs, creating new employment and improving individual well-being

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, France and the Netherlands

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 Uruguay, 2009-2010

7. Work sharing as a potential policy tool for creating more and better employment: A review of theevidence

8. Conclusion: Lessons learned from the Great Recession and implications for policy

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-2-124564-0

OCLC:

854976294