Work Less : New Strategies for a Changing Workplace / Jon Peirce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peirce, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hours of labor.

Labor productivity.

Employee morale.

Quality of work life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn Press, [2024]

Summary:

Shorter work hours are likely to lead to a happier, healthier, and more productive work force, as well as to reduced stress on the health-care system, since overwork is a key cause of mental and physical illness. Work Less proposes various ways for organizations to achieve shorter hours and offers policy options for use by governments.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction: Suddenly, the Time Is Now (Once Again)

1 Working Ourselves Sick

2 Historical Development of Work Hours I: The United States

3 Historical Development of Work Hours II: Canada

4 Historical Development of Work Hours III: Work Hours Around the World

5 A Special Decade: Work Hours and the 1920s

6 Technology, Work Intensification, Stress, and Distress

7 The "Great Resignation"and Its Effects on Work Hours

8 The Right to Disconnect

9 Hybrid Workplaces and Their Implications for Work Hours

10 What's Been Happening Lately on the Shorter Hours Scene?

11 Recommendations

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Appendix A: Profile of Joe O'Connor: He Works so You Can Work Less

Appendix B: An Interview with Henry O'Loughlin

Appendix C: People and Organizations Working for Shorter Hours

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Peirce, Jon Work Less

ISBN:

9781459751323

1459751329

OCLC:

1414468299