Article,
France, Germany, Great Britain: The Organization of Working Time in Large Retail Food Stores
European Journal of Industrial Relations, 5 (1): 27–48 (1999)
Abstract
Autorenabstract: In France, Germany and Great Britain, large-scale
food retailers have increased working-time flexibility by the use
of part-time work and precarious forms of employment. There are however
considerable differences between countries in the proportion of part-timers,
in weekly working time and in the variability and predictability
of work schedules. On the basis of case studies carried out in each
of the three countries, the authors argue that the management of
working time is heavily influenced by the domestic division of labour
as well as by the prevailing legal and institutional norms.
