Reorganising working patterns

Edwin Whiting
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Edwin Whiting: Manchester Business School

Chapter 15 in A Guide to Unemployment Reduction Measures, 1987, pp 159-166 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Overtime cannot be reduced, shorter hours are not possible, long holidays are disruptive, part-time work is not feasible, shifts cannot be changed — and so on. Many companies are locked into a situation where the timing of work does not fit with the operational needs. To tinker with overtime, holidays, shorter hours and part-time is not the best way to unlock the greater efficiency that could be at hand. Rather than tackle the changes piecemeal a wholesale restructuring of the working timetable could open up a whole host of benefits to employers, employees, productivity and employment.

Keywords: Financial Time; Single Status; Temporary Employee; British Telecom; Small Contractor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08621-4_15

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