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Work sharing is a labour market instrument based on the reduction of working time, which is intended to spread a reduced volume of work over the same (or similar) number of workers in order to avoid lay-offs. In times of economic crisis, work sharing can also permit businesses to retain their skilled workforces, thus minimizing firing and (re)hiring costs, preserving functioning plants and bolstering staff morale during difficult times. If work-sharing policies are properly designed and implemented, the result can be a "win-win-win" solution for workers, businesses and governments. 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 (Germanys Kurzarbeit, and measures in Austria, Belgium, France and the Netherlands) and other countries around the world (Japan, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay). The volume synthesizes the lessons learned from these recent experiences and their implications for policy, and

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Author

Jon C Messenger; Naj Ghosheh; Bureau international du travail

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing Limited ; International Labour Office

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782540885

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Management