Long-term working-time accounts and life-course policies: preliminary results of a representative company survey

Abstract: "The paper introduces the basic concept and functioning of long-term workingtime accounts and discusses major trends, risks and opportunities with regard to life-course oriented working-time adjustments. It gives a detailed overview of the distribution and use of long-term working-time accounts in Germany. This overview is based on initial multivariate analyses of a representative company survey that was carried out in 2005. The main questions concern the individual options and opportunities offered by long-term working-time accounts and the characteristics of their distribution. We examine effects of firm size, sector, demand fluctuations, economic performance, personnel policy, industrial relations, and workforce composition. There is empirical evidence that the distribution and use of long-term working-time accounts is strongly influenced by company size and the presence of a works- or staff council in the company. Larger companies with works or staff councils have more frequent

Object Details

• Alternative title: Betriebliche Langzeitkonten und lebensphasenorientierte Arbeitszeitgestaltung: vorläufige Ergebnisse einer representativen Unternehmensbefragung
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 27 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Arbeit, Sozialstruktur und Sozialstaat, Abteilung Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Beschäftigung ; Bd. 2007-109

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2007
• Creator: Wotschack, Philip ; Hildebrandt, Eckart
• Contributor: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-234034
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:47 PM CET