Adapting Working Hours to Modern Needs: V. STAGGERED WORKING HOURS


Adapting Working Hours to Modern Needs (ILO; 1977; 66 pages)
	FOREWORD
	I. NEW TRENDS AND ATTITUDES
		Significance of the time factor
		Reorganising the use of time
		Working hours in present-day conditions
		New patterns of working time
	II. REDUCTION OF HOURS OF WORK
		General remarks
		Recent advances
	III. COMPRESSION OF THE WORKING DAY
		Advantages and disadvantages
		Conditions for the change-over
	IV. THE WORKING WEEK
		The compressed work week
		Experience in different countries
		Limitations
	V. STAGGERED WORKING HOURS
		General remarks
		Experience in different countries
	VI. FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS
		Main features of the system
		Development of flexible hours schemes
		Experience in different countries
		The lessons learnt
	VII. PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
		Structure
		Development
		Arguments for and against
		Outlook
	VIII. IMPROVING THE ANNUAL PATTERN
		The problem
		Experience in different countries
	A NOTE ON LIFETIME DISTRIBUTION OF WORKING TIME
	CONCLUDING REMARKS
	BIBLIOGRAPHY
	BACK COVER

V. STAGGERED WORKING HOURS