T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 5 3
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published in New Zealand 3 October 2001
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OVERWORK
UNREASONABLE HOURS
35 HRS IN FRANCE
SHARING THE WORK
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* Our Diary of key events over the last few weeks. Air New
Zealand, Auckland hospitals, Ngati Porou forestry, reprieve
for Kmart staff , the state of Maori women, the insurance
cost of the attacks on America, declining Australian job
vacancies, language barriers, world poverty to increase ... and
much more.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15301.htm
* Americans are spending nearly one week more on the job per
year than they did a decade ago. We look at an ILO study on
hours of work and productivity.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15300.htm#ilo
* The Global Employment Forum will focus as much on issues
of "overwork" and "underemployment" as much as it does
on traditional measures for job creation.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15300.htm#forum
* The effects of overwork and fatigue Downunder.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15300.htm#overwork
* We review "Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet - Work
Time, Consumption & Ecology" by Anders Hayden.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15300.htm#review
* The 35-hour working week in France is 21 months old. The
French Employment Minister Elizabeth Guigou reports that
the year 2000 was the best in terms of job creation for a
century.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15300.htm#35 hours
C R E D I T S
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ISSN No. 1172-6695
edited by Vivian Hutchinson for the Jobs Research Trust
P.O.Box 428, New Plymouth, New Zealand
phone 06-753-4434 fax 06-753-4430
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Associates - Rodger Smith, Dave Owens and Jo Howard
Secretary - Shirley Vickery
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