WOMEN and WORKING TIME

Abstract

The current debate on work‐sharing and shorter working hours is still largely conducted in terms of changes to men's working hours. ‘The old pattern of the 8‐hour day, 5‐day week, from 16–65 can no longer be taken for granted’, cry the pundits — but it has never been the norm for half the population. In Britain, France, the USA and Scandinavian countries women are now over 40 per cent of the labour force. Why, then, is so much time and energy spent researching and searching for ‘new patterns of work’ when a range of these already exist in women's working lives?

Citation

Rothwell, S. (1981), "WOMEN and WORKING TIME", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010343