Operating hours, working times and employment in Germany

Abstract

"The main aims of this study were investigations into duration and flexibility of operating hours, the working time patterns that were relevant for the constitution of operating hours and coping strategies of establishments with fluctuations in production or demand. This chapter reports the results of the 2003 EUCOWE survey for Germany. The chapter is structured as follows. First in Section 5.2 methodological issues of ISO studies on operating time are addressed. In Section 5.3 the focus is on operating hours in Germany, starting with the direct and indirect measures of duration of operating hours. After that the constitution of the operating hours is explained by selected relevant forms of working time Organisation, thus highlighting the relationship of operating hours arrangements and working time Organisation. The section on operating hours is completed by considering the differences between directly and indirectly measured operating hours. Section 5.4 deals with working time patterns, presenting our findings for full and part time work, for shift work, staggered working times and overtime work. In Sections 5.5 and 5.6 the results with regard to fluctuations in business activity and the payment of premia are described. Section 5.7 concludes the chapter." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bauer, F., Groß, H., Lehndorff, S., Schief, S. & Sieglen, G. (2007): Operating hours, working times and employment in Germany. In: L. Delsen, D. Bosworth, H. Groß & Munoz de Bustillo y Llorente, Rafael (Hrsg.) (2007): Operating hours and working times : a survey of capacity utilisation and employment in the European Union, p. 95-120.