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Part‐time employment and industrial relations developments in the EEC *
Author(s) -
Robinson Olive
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1984.tb00469.x
Subject(s) - acknowledgement , directive , working time , work (physics) , industrial relations , labour economics , labour law , economics , trade union , political science , law , engineering , programming language , mechanical engineering , computer security , computer science
Voluntary part‐time work is now an established feature of EEC labour markets. In this article the author discusses the issues surrounding the Council's directive on voluntary part‐time work and argues that it represents an acknowledgement by governments, employers and trade unions that part‐time workers do not constitute a part of the marginal labour force.