Saturday, October 24, 2015
Frame work for a 6 hour work day or 4 day work week
For educational institutions like university may start at 710 am and having 40 minutes class. This way all classes would end up at 110 pm. So people could leave then. Official transport may leave a little later like 2pm. This would encourage staff to take residence around the job site to enjoy the time for another job or business or do what they like.
However if 50 minutes contact hour is to be kept then with 30 minutes break after six classes.if classes start at 730 am,after six periods at 1230 pm, there would be 30 mts break.it would finish at 330 pm.
Else make half an hour break and finish at 4 pm. That would be more applicable.
Else make one hour break from 1230 pm to 130 pm, starts at 730 am and finishes at 4 pm.
Or it may be a four day week. Each day working hours is from 710 am to 510 pm. Only 40 minutes break starting at 1pm to 150 pm.
Alternatively just 15 minutes break at 1pm to 115 pm for prayers and finishes at 445 pm. Another thirty minutes for lunch should be taken by staff when they get the chance preferably between 1230pm to 2 pm.Usually 115 pm to 205 pm class would be off unless required. Routine should be made that way. Then threre would be three day off as weekend including Saturday,Sunday, Monday. Friday may be kept open for masters classes
However if 50 minutes contact hour is to be kept then with 30 minutes break after six classes.if classes start at 730 am,after six periods at 1230 pm, there would be 30 mts break.it would finish at 330 pm.
Else make half an hour break and finish at 4 pm. That would be more applicable.
Else make one hour break from 1230 pm to 130 pm, starts at 730 am and finishes at 4 pm.
Or it may be a four day week. Each day working hours is from 710 am to 510 pm. Only 40 minutes break starting at 1pm to 150 pm.
Alternatively just 15 minutes break at 1pm to 115 pm for prayers and finishes at 445 pm. Another thirty minutes for lunch should be taken by staff when they get the chance preferably between 1230pm to 2 pm.Usually 115 pm to 205 pm class would be off unless required. Routine should be made that way. Then threre would be three day off as weekend including Saturday,Sunday, Monday. Friday may be kept open for masters classes
Labels: management, working hours
four day work week
In the tiny African nation of The Gambia, public sector workers will now clock in at 8am and clock out at 6pm, Monday to Thursday. They'll still do a 40-hour week but have the luxury of Friday off.President Jammeh wants the extra rest day to "allow Gambians to devote more time to prayers, social activities and agriculture".
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21242782
Scania,famous bus manufacture, four day work week
http://www.scania.com/media/feature-stories/general/four-day-week.aspx
Reduce working week to 30 hours, say economists
A shorter working week would make us healthier, give us more fulfilling and sustainable lives and be better for the environment, economists have suggested
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/10316850/Reduce-working-week-to-30-hours-say-economists.html
Companies should be encouraged to give workers more time off instead of pay rises, while young people starting out in the job market could work a four-day week, as has happened in the Netherlands, it notes.
The standard working week in the Netherlands should be cut from five days to four days of nine hours, according to the Labour party (PvdA) MP Martijn van Dam says in Saturday’s AD that a four-day week would free up people to do ‘other important things’. In particular, many young mothers suffer from burn-out, Van Dam said
Read more at DutchNews.nl: Labour calls for four-day working week to become the norm http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/10/labour-calls-for-four-day-working-week-to-become-the-norm/
o make sure everyone can work four days a week, the standard number of hours in many pay deals should be cut from 40 to 36. Then people can work four nine-hour days, he told the paper.
Read more at DutchNews.nl: Labour calls for four-day working week to become the norm http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/10/labour-calls-for-four-day-working-week-to-become-the-norm/
The Netherlands has had four-day workweeks for years, and some North American companies are toying with the concept
http://www.fastcompany.com/3035279/the-future-of-work/why-we-still-dont-have-a-four-day-workweek
Treehouse, who has implemented a year-round four-day workweek, noting higher employee morale, greater focus, and a greater ability to attract and retain top talent among the benefits.
Shorter weeks are also common in Europe. In the Netherlands, four-day work weeks are practically the rule, not the exception.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/09/news/economy/shorter-work-week/
The four-day workweek is nearly standard in the Netherlands, especially among working moms.
About 86% of employed mothers worked 34 hours or less each week last year, according to Dutch government statistics. Among fathers, about 12% also worked a shortened workweek.
Dutch laws promote a work-life balance and protect part-time workers. All workers there are entitled to fully paid vacation days, maternity and paternity leave. A law passed in 2000 also gives workers the right to reduce their hours to a part-time schedule, while keeping their job, hourly pay, health care and pro-rated benefits.
Overall, the entire workforce averages around 29 hours a week -- the lowest of any industrialized nation, according to the OECD.
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/news/economy/2013/07/10/worlds-shortest-work-weeks/
nice animated photo with story of reduced work week
http://www.bustle.com/articles/85692-why-3-day-weekends-make-workers-more-productive-and-should-be-the-new-norm-no-but-really
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21242782
Scania,famous bus manufacture, four day work week
http://www.scania.com/media/feature-stories/general/four-day-week.aspx
Reduce working week to 30 hours, say economists
A shorter working week would make us healthier, give us more fulfilling and sustainable lives and be better for the environment, economists have suggested
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/10316850/Reduce-working-week-to-30-hours-say-economists.html
Companies should be encouraged to give workers more time off instead of pay rises, while young people starting out in the job market could work a four-day week, as has happened in the Netherlands, it notes.
The standard working week in the Netherlands should be cut from five days to four days of nine hours, according to the Labour party (PvdA) MP Martijn van Dam says in Saturday’s AD that a four-day week would free up people to do ‘other important things’. In particular, many young mothers suffer from burn-out, Van Dam said
Read more at DutchNews.nl: Labour calls for four-day working week to become the norm http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/10/labour-calls-for-four-day-working-week-to-become-the-norm/
o make sure everyone can work four days a week, the standard number of hours in many pay deals should be cut from 40 to 36. Then people can work four nine-hour days, he told the paper.
Read more at DutchNews.nl: Labour calls for four-day working week to become the norm http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/10/labour-calls-for-four-day-working-week-to-become-the-norm/
The Netherlands has had four-day workweeks for years, and some North American companies are toying with the concept
http://www.fastcompany.com/3035279/the-future-of-work/why-we-still-dont-have-a-four-day-workweek
Treehouse, who has implemented a year-round four-day workweek, noting higher employee morale, greater focus, and a greater ability to attract and retain top talent among the benefits.
Shorter weeks are also common in Europe. In the Netherlands, four-day work weeks are practically the rule, not the exception.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/09/news/economy/shorter-work-week/
The four-day workweek is nearly standard in the Netherlands, especially among working moms.
About 86% of employed mothers worked 34 hours or less each week last year, according to Dutch government statistics. Among fathers, about 12% also worked a shortened workweek.
Dutch laws promote a work-life balance and protect part-time workers. All workers there are entitled to fully paid vacation days, maternity and paternity leave. A law passed in 2000 also gives workers the right to reduce their hours to a part-time schedule, while keeping their job, hourly pay, health care and pro-rated benefits.
Overall, the entire workforce averages around 29 hours a week -- the lowest of any industrialized nation, according to the OECD.
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/news/economy/2013/07/10/worlds-shortest-work-weeks/
nice animated photo with story of reduced work week
http://www.bustle.com/articles/85692-why-3-day-weekends-make-workers-more-productive-and-should-be-the-new-norm-no-but-really
Labels: management, working hours
Thursday, October 22, 2015
BERTRAND RUSSELL proposed 4 hour work day in 1932 , efficiency wage theory
BERTRAND RUSSELL, the British philosopher, was not a fan of work. In his 1932 essay, “In Praise of Idleness”, he reckoned that if society were better managed the average person would only need to work four hours a day. Such a small working day would “entitle a man to the necessities and elementary comforts of life.” The rest of the day could be devoted to the pursuit of science, painting and writing.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/09/working-hours
Efficiency wage theory is the idea that firms may permanently hold to a real wage greater than the equilibrium wage.
Efficiency wages are wages that are higher than the market equilibrium. Firms that pay efficiency wages could lower their wages and hire more workers, but choose not to do so.
Some reasons that managers might choose to pay efficiency wages are to avoid shirking, reduce turnover, and attract productive employees.
Source: Boundless. “Efficiency Wage Theory.” Boundless Economics. Boundless, 21 Jul. 2015. Retrieved 21 Oct. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/economics/textbooks/boundless-economics-textbook/unemployment-22/understanding-unemployment-104/efficiency-wage-theory-397-12494/
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/09/working-hours
Efficiency wage theory is the idea that firms may permanently hold to a real wage greater than the equilibrium wage.
Efficiency wages are wages that are higher than the market equilibrium. Firms that pay efficiency wages could lower their wages and hire more workers, but choose not to do so.
Some reasons that managers might choose to pay efficiency wages are to avoid shirking, reduce turnover, and attract productive employees.
Source: Boundless. “Efficiency Wage Theory.” Boundless Economics. Boundless, 21 Jul. 2015. Retrieved 21 Oct. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/economics/textbooks/boundless-economics-textbook/unemployment-22/understanding-unemployment-104/efficiency-wage-theory-397-12494/
Labels: management, working hours
