Working time reduction in Finland

Pekka Peltola
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Pekka Peltola: Ministry of Labour, Finland, P.O.Box 524, 00101 Helsinki, pekka.peltola@pt2.tempo.mol.fi

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 1998, vol. 4, issue 4, 729-746

Abstract: The chronically high levels of unemployment in Finland have led to an increased search for ways of reducing working time. This contribution presents various models of working time reduction including forms of voluntary working time reduction, job rotation models, sabbaticals, etc. Of particular interest also are experiments with the two-shift 6-hour model which combine shorter individual working hours with longer periods of plant operation. Such experiments have in some cases received public subsidies.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1177/102425899800400411

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