Redistribution of Working-Time: Achieving a Better Work-Life Balance

About the book

This IER report, written by Professor Phil Taylor of the University of Strathclyde and commissioned by the Alex Ferry Foundation, is the largest survey on the matter of working time ever undertaken in the UK, with over two thousand individuals offering detailed responses. Their views and answers to the questions posed are fascinating and informative for union negotiators, company managers and policymakers alike. They go far beyond a narrow agenda for a four-day week and cover diverse topics such as the importance of mental and physical well-being, health and safety, productivity, job satisfaction, more family time and general happiness in the minds of workers when they think about working time. The report is not just informative – it is timely given the renewed focus on working time across our economy, which is itself probably overdue. This report should give shop stewards, union committees, full-time officers and union executives the confidence to launch full-throated campaigns for a step change inworking time with no reduction in pay.

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