This diploma thesis deals with the topic of overtime work and consequent entitlements for employees. It also focuses on the working hours institute in general, as the basis for determining overtime. It deals not only with the limits and conditions of overtime work, but also with overtime in different working hours regimes as well as overtime work of specific groups of employees. The aim of the thesis is to summarize the Czech legislation of the overtime institute, while evaluating the jurisprudence dealing with this issue. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter outlines the historical development not only of overtime work itself, but also of working hours as an institute directly related to overtime. In view of the Czech Republic's membership in the European Union, there can not be omitted the view of overtime work in terms of EU legislation, where Directive 2003/88 / EC is the key rule governing working hours and overtime. The second chapter deals with the working hours institute and describes the different ways of its layout. It also summarizes night work and on-call time, the legal regulations of which make it problematic, and employees often come to a dispute with employer about the uncertainty of remuneration. The third chapter deals with the overtime work itself as the...

Working hours, its lenght and distribution, with the focus on part-time Abstract The thesis deals with the issue of working hours and its distribution with a special focus on part-time. The thesis also introduces the legislation of part-time in the foreign law system, particularly in the Netherlands. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the current legal regulation of working hours, its length and distribution, focusing on part-time. The thesis is divided into six chapters, which represent labor law in the system of law, historical development of working hours, sources of labor law, legal regulation of working hours and rest periods and distribution of working hours. The fifth chapter deals with labor law institutes in which part-time deviate from the set weekly working hours. The chapter defines persons that are entitled to apply for part-time or another suitable adjustment of their working hours, forms of these suitable adjustments and the interpretation of the concept of operational reasons by the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic. The thesis also describes the method of calculating and remunerating overtime work for part-time employees and the calculation of the leave of those part-time employees whose working hours are unequally spread over several working days per week. The chapter also describes...

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T14:43:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lucia Helena Souza Doniak.pdf: 4014101 bytes, checksum: 2b159c7a002f498c853ed36139574182 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-03 / This present research is a case study of employed drivers in road freight transport in the municipality of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, and aims to identify the social and economic aspects and analyze the achievement of comprehensive working hours of these professionals after the Law n. 12.619/2012, which regulates the profession of the driver. The research of quantitative and qualitative character was made from the triangulation method, and the bibliographic and documentary allowed the systematization of theoretical and methodological framework from which the main analytical categories emerged: State, capitalism, work, occupation, wage, fight classes, salary and working hours. In the second phase of triangulation, a situational analysis was used to present the scenario that was established after the promulgation of the law, identifying key actors, the movements, the contradictions that arose from the significant event in this context understood as the enactment of law that shifted from the legislative to the society, especially for highways and for the category of professional drivers, the struggle and the class conflicts. The elements identified by the first two methods were used for the preparation of the interview questionnaire which was applied in the research field with the employed drivers. The data obtained from the interviews were collected and subsequently became the main information about the practice of professional life of the driver and also the socioeconomic profile of the professional in the city, whose information was correlated with the documentary evidence and the provisions of Law n. 12.619/2012. / A presente pesquisa é um estudo de caso dos motoristas empregados no transporte rodoviário de carga do Município de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, e tem por objetivo identificar os aspectos sociais e econômicos e analisar a realização das exaustivas jornadas de trabalho desses profissionais após a entrada em vigor da Lei n. 12.619/2012, que regulamentou a profissão do motorista. A pesquisa de caráter quanti-qualitativo foi realizada a partir da triangulação de métodos, sendo que o levantamento bibliográfico e documental possibilitou a sistematização do referencial teórico-metodológico de onde emergiram as principais categorias analíticas: Estado, capitalismo, trabalho, profissão, assalariamento, luta de classes, salário, jornada de trabalho. Na segunda fase da triangulação, a análise de conjuntura foi utilizada para apresentar o cenário que se estabeleceu a partir da promulgação da lei, identificando os principais atores, os movimentos, as contradições que surgiram a partir do acontecimento significativo, entendido nesse contexto, como a promulgação da lei, que deslocou do legislativo para a sociedade, especialmente para as rodovias e para a categoria dos motoristas profissionais, a luta e os conflitos de uma classe. Os elementos identificados por meio dos dois primeiros métodos foram utilizados para elaboração do questionário de entrevista que foi aplicado na pesquisa de campo junto aos motoristas empregados. Os dados obtidos nas entrevistas foram reunidos e posteriormente transformaram-se nas principais informações sobre a práxis da vida profissional do motorista e no perfil socioeconômico do desse no município, cujas informações foram correlacionadas com os dados documentais e as disposições da Lei n. 12.619/2012.

Japanese workers are facing a threat of literal death from working too hard. In 1978, karōshi, defined as death or severe disability from overwork, was added to the Japanese dictionary. Japan is recognized as having one of the worst working conditions in the developed world with awfully long working hours. This thesis deconstructs the underlying psychological, cultural and economic reasons that contribute to the long working hours in Japanese companies. Then, this thesis examines the previous and current efforts by the Japanese, South Korean and German governments to reduce working hours in their countries to prevent the fatal consequences of overwork. It concludes by recommending the Japanese government to continue the research on overtime and death, raise awareness through education and outreach, enforce strict labor laws, and to adopt a method of flexible working hours.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes in the inadequate labor force sector of Taiwan before and after the coming Knowledge-Based Economic Time, which is considered as important to this study. The inadequate labor force sector mentioned above consists of inadequate working hours, low paid and mismatches between educational attainment and occupation. The raw data been used was from Manpower Surveys and Manpower Utilization Surveys Taiwan area, Republic of China by Census Bureau in both year 1991 and 2003. The study reveals the following findings. 1.In the inadequate working hours portion Workers who are male, age 35 to 44, married or cohabited, highest educational attainment is primary school or below, private-sector employed, working in north area of Taiwan and taking the roles as agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry & fishing and craft & related trades workers are significantly easier to fall into the inadequate working hours sector. 2. In the low paid portion Workers who are male, married or cohabited, highest educational attainment is primary school or below, own-account workers, workplace is located in middle area of Taiwan, agricultural, animal husbandry, forestry & fishing workers are significantly easier to fall into the low paid sector. 3. In the portion of mismatches between educational attainment and occupation Workers who are male, age 25 to 34, married or cohabited, highest educational attainment is senior high school & vocational school or above, private-sector employed and working in north area of Taiwan are significantly easier to fall into this sector. Especially, workers who take the roles as prod., machine operators and related workers, plant & machine operators & assemblers , and manufacturing share a large proportion. According to the conclusions above, this study provides typical suggestions for government polices toward utilization of labor force. The given comments will be helpful to the relative researchers in the further.

This research is to explore the decision-making process of new policy of working hours and its influence on the industrial relations network? This study uses the texts of political discourse that legislators interrogated with government officials in Taiwan Legislative Yuan. This text is focused on Article 30 of the Labor Standards Act. The main research methods of this study include quantitative study, and qualitative analysis. The process of policy making is constructed from industrial of ideology, policy of interest, and the opinion about industrial relations. The main results of the study are as follows: 1.) On the industrial relations network, the new working hours policy has main influence on the labors than on the employers. 2.) On the content of political discourse: the labors concern for the right and equality, with as the employers concern for economical perspective. 3.) Labors and employers have different strategies to respond the change of working hours policy.

Denna undersökning som genomförts i en norrlandskommun belyser en grupp av femton kommunanställdas upplevelser av arbetstider vars schemaläggning förläggdes med hjälp av time-caresystemet i jämförelse med en grupp av sjutton kommunanställda som hade fast schema och heroma-önskeschemasystemet. Undersökningen som genomförts med kvantitativ metod syftade till att i ett urval av anställda i en norrlandskommun se upplevelser av arbetstider förlagda med och utan time-care avseende variabilitet (arbetsgivarens schemastyrning) och/eller flexibilitet (individens handlingsfrihet och självständighet).  Trettiotvå respondenter besvarade frågeformulären. Resultatet visade signifikant att respondenterna med time-care upplevde mer överåtagande, mindre möjligheter till förutsägbarhet över en månad, mindre rättvist ledarskap och att arbetet mer påverkar deras fritid än respondenterna som hade fast schema och heroma-önskeschemasystemet. Resultatet visade även att fast/heroma-önskeschemagruppen upplevde mindre överåtaganden, mer kontroll av arbetstakt, samt en högre grad av förutsägbarhet och att de upplevde mer rättvist ledarskap än en normgrupp vilket kan belysa fördelarna med önskeschema.  Nyckelord: oregelbundna arbetstider, flexibelt arbete, flexibel arbetstid, psykosocial / This study carried out in a northern municipality highlights a group of fifteen municipal employees' experiences of working hours whose scheduling was carried out using time-care system in comparison with a group of seventeen municipal employees who had fixed schedule and the heroma-wishful scheduling system. The survey conducted by quantitative method aimed at a sample of employees in a northern municipality see experiences of working placement with and without time care regarding variability (employer's schedule control) and / or flexibility (the individual's freedom and independence). Thirtytwo respondents answered the questionnaires. The results showed significant that respondents with time-care experienced more of overcommitment, less potential for predictability over a month, less fair leadership and to work more affecting their leisure time than respondents with fixed schedule and the heroma-wishful scheduling system. The results also showed that the staff with fixed/heroma-wishful scheduling system experiences less of overcommitments, more in control of the pace of work, and a higher degree of predictability and that they experienced more equitable leadership than a norm group which can highlight the benefits of wishful schedule. Keywords: irregular working hours, flexible work, flexible working, psychosocial

The study aims at evaluation of significance of the use of working hours of healthcare staff for effectiveness of nursing process in X divisions of Neurosurgery Hospital, Kaunas University of Medicine. The conception of nursery, the organization of caregiver's individual working place and subordination, also the effectiveness of working hours are discussed in the study. Aim of the study. to analyze the use of working hours of healthcare staff and effectiveness of nursing process as well as to give recommendations for the improvement of work organization in X divisions of Neurosurgery Hospital, Kaunas University of Medicine. Methods. There are two stages of the research: a) questionnaire survey for demographic and work characteristics of healthcare staff: b) individual autophotography of working hours for time expenditure of working hours to be registered. The questionnaire and the individual record of autophotography of working hours were made according to EUROSTAT 2004 methodical recommendations and the study of literature about effectiveness working hours. Results. 65 nurses of general practice were questioned during the research of working hours. The major part of them (70,77%) had college education, others (29,23%) had higher university and non-university education. More than a half of respondents 46 (70,77%) had work experience of 10 years in hospital. Time expenditure of working hours of healthcare staff was classified into 5 groups: frequency and duration of... [to full text]

The expectation that employees of large organisations will work extended working hours (EWH) is a phenomenon of discourse at the societal and organisational levels. This occurs in spite of the detrimental effects that working long hours can have on employees’ mental and physical health and the well-being of their families. This thesis investigates why employees comply with this expectation by focussing on managers and professionals because they are the categories of Australian employees who work the longest hours. Texts derived from a focus group and extended interviews of 30 managers and professionals are analysed and interpreted using a computer-assisted text analysis program, linguistic analysis, and discourse linguistic interpretation. Of particular emphasis is the deontic modality that research participants use to express their obligation to expectation and their attitudes about other organisational imperatives. Also crucial to this research is the agency of the participants in terms of their capacity to make and follow their own decisions. This investigation is informed by critical post-structuralist theory of Foucaultian origin involving a pragmatic distinction between analysis for meaning potential at the text level and context for meaning at the discourse level. This empirical research found that participants commonly feel cognitive dissonance from the contradiction that EWH and work-life balance (WLB) co-exist in their same organisational discourse. This paradox complicates their responses to expectation whether the participants comply or resist. Participants’ agency is therefore judged on their level of reflexivity to these organisational challenges. The professional cohort was found to be more reflexive and thus agentically stronger because their work paths are clearer. They know what work is required and, even though their working hours may be long, they see them purely as the means to achieving prescribed ends. Public sector managers’ work is also extensive but they do not have clear boundaries and thus find the boundaries between work and nonwork non-existent or blurred. Financial service managers are more agentic than public sector managers but less than the professionals. The women in this research relate to work time and life balance differently and less easily than men, particularly those who break for motherhood and / or work part-time. The theory built in this thesis can inform organisations of the ubiquitous presence of the expectation of EWH and the dangers it provides for employees and organisations. It also provides practice guidance to organisations as to how EWH may be common but do not necessarily benefit organisations or their employees. This thesis finds that it is more sensible to support employees’ agency by acknowledging their diversity and giving them choice in determining for how long they should work. This would allow employees to identify and experience obligation to their organisation and their part in negotiated knowledge production.

The expectation that employees of large organisations will work extended working hours (EWH) is a phenomenon of discourse at the societal and organisational levels. This occurs in spite of the detrimental effects that working long hours can have on employees’ mental and physical health and the well-being of their families. This thesis investigates why employees comply with this expectation by focussing on managers and professionals because they are the categories of Australian employees who work the longest hours. Texts derived from a focus group and extended interviews of 30 managers and professionals are analysed and interpreted using a computer-assisted text analysis program, linguistic analysis, and discourse linguistic interpretation. Of particular emphasis is the deontic modality that research participants use to express their obligation to expectation and their attitudes about other organisational imperatives. Also crucial to this research is the agency of the participants in terms of their capacity to make and follow their own decisions. This investigation is informed by critical post-structuralist theory of Foucaultian origin involving a pragmatic distinction between analysis for meaning potential at the text level and context for meaning at the discourse level. This empirical research found that participants commonly feel cognitive dissonance from the contradiction that EWH and work-life balance (WLB) co-exist in their same organisational discourse. This paradox complicates their responses to expectation whether the participants comply or resist. Participants’ agency is therefore judged on their level of reflexivity to these organisational challenges. The professional cohort was found to be more reflexive and thus agentically stronger because their work paths are clearer. They know what work is required and, even though their working hours may be long, they see them purely as the means to achieving prescribed ends. Public sector managers’ work is also extensive but they do not have clear boundaries and thus find the boundaries between work and nonwork non-existent or blurred. Financial service managers are more agentic than public sector managers but less than the professionals. The women in this research relate to work time and life balance differently and less easily than men, particularly those who break for motherhood and / or work part-time. The theory built in this thesis can inform organisations of the ubiquitous presence of the expectation of EWH and the dangers it provides for employees and organisations. It also provides practice guidance to organisations as to how EWH may be common but do not necessarily benefit organisations or their employees. This thesis finds that it is more sensible to support employees’ agency by acknowledging their diversity and giving them choice in determining for how long they should work. This would allow employees to identify and experience obligation to their organisation and their part in negotiated knowledge production.