Technology, Inequality and Work-Sharing

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Moutos
Keyword(s):  
Work Sharing

Reducing the Impact of Unemployment through Work-Sharing: Some Industrial Relations Considerations

1983 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah M. Meltz ◽  
Frank Reid
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
National Level ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Work Sharing ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Impact

The Canadian Government has introduced a work-sharing program in which lay offs are avoided by reducing the work week and using unemployment insurance funds to pay workers short-time compensation. Compared to the lay-off alternative, there appear to be economic benefits to work-sharing for both management and employees. Reaction to the scheme has been generally positive at the union local level and the firm level, but it has been negative at the national level of both labour and management. These divergent views can be explained mainly as a result of short-run versus long-run perspectives. Managers at the firm level see the immediate benefit of improved labour relations and the avoidance of the costs of hiring and training replacements for laid-off workers who do not respond when recalled. The national business leaders are more concerned with work incentive and efficiency aspects of work-sharing.

Work sharing and productivity: evidence from firm level data

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 1213-1220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Lanoie ◽  
François Raymond ◽  
Bruce Shearer
Keyword(s):  
Firm Level ◽  
Work Sharing ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

From work sharing to temporal flexibility : working time policy in Belgium 1975-1990

Res Publica ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Jens Bastian
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Working Time ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Work Sharing ◽  
Temporal Flexibility

The article focuses on working time policies introduced in Belgium during the period 1975-1990. As a country with early mass-unemployment, the magnitude of the unfolding Labour market problems fostered a specific set of responsive strategies. The initial trajectory of Belgian working time policies was centered around cutting standard weekly working hours in order to enhance Labour market effects. In the course of a marked issue transformation, work sharing objectives were substituted by the notion of temporal flexibility which focused primarily on concerns for and changes in the economie performance of individual firms. The author outlines various structural features of the Belgian socio-economic system and argues that these profoundly affected the goals identified with working time policies as much as the actor constellations endorsing the respective measures.

Optimal work distribution and backup frequency for two non-identical work sharing elements

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Levitin ◽  
Liudong Xing ◽  
Yuanshun Dai
Keyword(s):  
Work Sharing ◽  
Work Distribution

scholarly journals Implementation of Work Sharing Technique to Improve Line Efficiency in Sewing Section: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (33) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzia Islam ◽  
Farzana Sultana ◽  
Shafiqul Islam Chowdhury ◽  
Jaglul Hoque Mridha ◽  
Taposh Ranjan Sarker
Keyword(s):  
Work Sharing

WORK SHARING, EMPLOYMENT AND SHIFTWORK

1989 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 758-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
LARS CALMFORS ◽  
MICHAEL HOEL
Keyword(s):  
Work Sharing

Planning for Work Sharing:

2018 ◽  
pp. 258-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
HERBERT J. GANS
Keyword(s):  
Work Sharing

Social Media Tools for Quality Business Information

2018 ◽  
pp. 883-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio Maravilhas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Quality Information ◽  
Work Sharing ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Globalized World

Information, as a tool to reduce uncertainty and to develop knowledge in organizations, is an important aid in the decision-making process and must be of quality to improve its value. We are living in an information society where organizational and personal life are mediated by information and knowledge, with the help of technologies that gather, disseminate, and deliver that raw material to support our decisions. There are several characteristics that describe the quality of information that will allow the analysis of the value of the information used. In the globalized world we are living in, quality information warrants best results when competing with other organizations. Its value is related to the results that it will allow to be obtained and the dependability on its context. Marketing trends and competitive information is needed for clear decision making about what products to develop, for what customers, at what cost, through which distribution channels, reducing the uncertainty that a new product/service development always brings with it. Social Media tools allow the knowledge of competitor's moves and the analysis of trends from the communications exchanged in the networks of individual consumers, making it easy for companies to develop solutions according to their clients and prospects desires. Learning how to extract quality information, unbiased, valuable for business, from these social tools is the aim of this work, sharing with the interested parties some ways of using it for their profit and competitive sustainability.

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