Organizations and Working Time Standards

A Comparison of Negotiations in Europe

Jens Thoemmes

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Routledge
31 May 2017

Labour economics; Business ethics; Working patterns & practices

Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

Collective bargaining between employers and trade unions has profoundly changed working conditions in companies around the globe. But why do we start work at the age of 10, 16, 18 or 24? Why do we work 6, 8, 10 or more hours a day? These questions are becoming increasingly pertinent as working norms are fractured and fragmented by country. This book brings an entirely new perspective to our understanding of changes in working time. In both the UK and the US, effective legal or collectively-bargained regulation of working time has been limited over the last 20 years, to the extent that its disappearance is seen as almost unproblematic. Here author Jens Thoemmes sheds light on this transition and its economic implications with a fully evidenced sociological account, based particularly on original research into cases of working time standards in France and Germany. This book addresses the whole process of working time regulation over the last twenty years, evaluating the activities of trade unions, employers, and the State. While theories of industrial relations have already addressed the issue of markets in the context of collective bargaining, this book draws connections between time and markets, places these transitions in their historical contexts, and illustrates the importance of this movement crossing borders and cultures.

By: Jens Thoemmes
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138118621
ISBN 10: 1138118621
Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 31 May 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: Emergence of Variable Time Norms 2. Market Time: The Need to Widen the Scope of Enquiry on Work 3. Market Time in France 4. Market Time in Germany: The Case of 4-Day Week at Volkswagen 5. General Conclusions

Jens Thoemmes is Research Director at CNRS, CERTOP Research Laboratory, at the University of Toulouse, Le Mirail, France.