Work Sharing during the Great Recession New Developments and Beyond

• Other Authors: Messenger, Jon C. (Editor), Ghosheh, Naj (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing 2013
• Subjects: KCF; KCX
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

'Work sharing' is a labour market instrument devised 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...