Friday, April 13, 2007
[IWS] Dublin Foundation: PART-TIME WORK in EUROPEAN COMPANIES [12 April 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Part-time work in European companies [12 April 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef06102.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/102/en/1/ef06102en.pdf
[full-text, 89 pages]
Author:
Anxo, Dominique; Fagan, Colette; Smith, Mark; Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Perraudin, Corinne
Summary:
This report reveals how widespread part-time employment has become as a working arrangement in many parts of Europe. It looks at the national policies influencing part-time employment and the possible impact of this type of work organisation on labour market flexibility. It also examines the variations in the take-up of part-time work between men and women, as well as profiling part-time workers in terms of pay, career prospects and sectoral distribution. In doing so, the report analyses the effects of this working time arrangement on overall worklife balance.
CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance (ESWT) 2
Part-time work in ESWT 3
1 Part-time work in Europe 5
General trends in part-time work among European workforce 5
National differences in policies promoting part-time work 7
Employer reasons for introducing part-time work 9
2 Use of part-time work in companies 11
Wide variations in part-time work experience across countries 11
Extent of part-time work in services sector and large establishments 13
Part-time work in public sector and establishments with many female employees 15
Effects of age composition and skills level of workforce 16
Use of part-time work according to human resource and operational issues 18
Use of part-time work and other working arrangements 18
3 Part-time work patterns 23
Groups of part-time workers 23
Incidence of men working part time 26
Career prospects of part-time workers 27
Motivation of part-time workers 29
Reasons for introducing part-time work 32
4 Organisation of part-time work 37
Sectoral differences in organisation of part-time work 41
Organising part-time work with different workforce groups 45
Organising part-time work with other working arrangements 47
Reversibility of part-time/full-time jobs 50
Reasons for part-time work 54
5 Conclusions 57
Bibliography 63
Annex 1 Figures showing extent of part-time work across countries 67
Annex 2 Estimation methods, dependent and independent variables 73
Annex 3 Estimation results 77
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Part-time work in European companies [12 April 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef06102.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/102/en/1/ef06102en.pdf
[full-text, 89 pages]
Author:
Anxo, Dominique; Fagan, Colette; Smith, Mark; Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Perraudin, Corinne
Summary:
This report reveals how widespread part-time employment has become as a working arrangement in many parts of Europe. It looks at the national policies influencing part-time employment and the possible impact of this type of work organisation on labour market flexibility. It also examines the variations in the take-up of part-time work between men and women, as well as profiling part-time workers in terms of pay, career prospects and sectoral distribution. In doing so, the report analyses the effects of this working time arrangement on overall worklife balance.
CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance (ESWT) 2
Part-time work in ESWT 3
1 Part-time work in Europe 5
General trends in part-time work among European workforce 5
National differences in policies promoting part-time work 7
Employer reasons for introducing part-time work 9
2 Use of part-time work in companies 11
Wide variations in part-time work experience across countries 11
Extent of part-time work in services sector and large establishments 13
Part-time work in public sector and establishments with many female employees 15
Effects of age composition and skills level of workforce 16
Use of part-time work according to human resource and operational issues 18
Use of part-time work and other working arrangements 18
3 Part-time work patterns 23
Groups of part-time workers 23
Incidence of men working part time 26
Career prospects of part-time workers 27
Motivation of part-time workers 29
Reasons for introducing part-time work 32
4 Organisation of part-time work 37
Sectoral differences in organisation of part-time work 41
Organising part-time work with different workforce groups 45
Organising part-time work with other working arrangements 47
Reversibility of part-time/full-time jobs 50
Reasons for part-time work 54
5 Conclusions 57
Bibliography 63
Annex 1 Figures showing extent of part-time work across countries 67
Annex 2 Estimation methods, dependent and independent variables 73
Annex 3 Estimation results 77
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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