Compulsory reduced working time in Belarus: Incidence, operation and consequences

Hanna Danilovich, Richard Croucher and Natalia Makovskaya
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Hanna Danilovich: Middlesex University, UK
Richard Croucher: Middlesex University, UK
Natalia Makovskaya: Mogilev State University, Belarus

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2017, vol. 38, issue 4, 723-740

Abstract: This article examines compulsory reduced working time (CRWT) in five Belarusian factories, to assess its impact on employment relationships and evaluate arguments about ‘Soviet legacies’ and labour ‘patience’. Local use of CRWT increased between 2001 and 2012, and took a form more inimical to worker interests, thereby differing from official macro statistics. Managers expressed discontent at being pushed by state policy to use CRWT, but used it as a disciplinary tool. Workers perceived worsening work relationships and threats of collective response were in evidence. Arguments about ‘Soviet legacies’ and labour’s ‘patience’ therefore currently appear inappropriate.

Keywords: Collective bargaining; employee voice; labour relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X15586071

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