Efectos sobre el empleo de la reducción de tiempo de trabajo: aprendizajes de la experiencia francesa

Mikel de La Fuente Lavín and Jon Bernat Zubiri-Rey ()
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Mikel de La Fuente Lavín: UPV / EHU - Universidad del País Vasco [Espainia] / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [España] = University of the Basque Country [Spain] = Université du pays basque [Espagne]
Jon Bernat Zubiri-Rey: CREG - Centre de recherche en économie de Grenoble - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]

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Abstract: In this article we will provide some elements of diagnosis of Working Time Reduction (WTR) policies in France. We will start by establishing the unequal share of productivity increases in recent decades in Spain and in the Basque Country as well as in France. Next we will focus on the French experience, starting with the precedents that gave rise to an initial WTR proposal designed to be implemented gradually on a general basis. We will explain the basic procedure outlined in Aubry Laws (1998-2000) and particularly the obligation to implement a WTR on the part of all companies and businesses in the trade sector with over 20 employees as from Jan 1 2000. We will place higher emphasis on a critical assessment of the effects of these two laws on daily working hours, employment and pay. We will also address the subsequent Sarkozy-type regressive evolution in WTR policies, as well as the last twist in the so-called Socialist Valls Government, currently at odds with a strong social and trade union movement. The aim of this article is to take stock of the past of the French experience, trying to connect it with our desire to apply its lessons to our specific reality.

Keywords: working time; working time reduction; France; Aubry Laws; tiempo de trabajo; reducción del tiempo de trabajo; Francia; Leyes Aubry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Lan harremanak, 2016, 34, pp.79-105. ⟨10.1387/lan-harremanak.16558⟩

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DOI: 10.1387/lan-harremanak.16558

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