Clocking In: The Organization of Work Time and Health in the United States

Social Forces ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 1463-1486 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kleiner ◽  
E. K. Pavalko
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Organization Of Work

scholarly journals I NTERNATIONAL WORK-TIME TRENDS: THE EMERGING GAP IN HOURS

Just Labour ◽  
1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Hayden
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Time Trends ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Catch Up

This paper examines historical and recent trends in average annual work hours. The shared long-term decline in annual hours appears to be giving way to a growing divergence among OECD nations, with notable differences between several European nations and the United States. Significant differences among nations exist in annual vacation entitlements and are emerging with regard to the workweek. Competing notions of work-time flexibility held by employers and employees are an important new element in recent work-time debates, as is the related trend toward individualised forms of work-time reduction. Some European countries with pioneering work-time regimes are reviewed. The paper concludes by raising the question of how Canada can resist the American long-hours model and catch up with leading-edge practices.

Work Time Matters for Mental Health: A Gender Analysis of Paid and Unpaid Labor in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 048661342110355
Author(s):  
Chiara Piovani ◽  
Nursel Aydiner-Avsar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Paid Labor ◽  
The Relationship

Based on Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) survey data for 2013–14, this paper examines the association between work time (inclusive of both paid and unpaid work time) and the mental health outcomes of men and women in the United States, controlling for economic and social buffers, education, and demographic factors. In the United States, even though women constitute close to half of the paid labor force, they still perform the lion’s share of unpaid work. The findings indicate that total work time is positively related with emotional distress for women, while there is no statistically significant relationship for men. For women, the relationship between work time and mental health is primarily driven by unpaid work rather than paid work. Evaluating the relationship between mental health and both productive and reproductive work is critical to develop effective public policies toward gender equity and social well-being. JEL classification: I14, J16, J01

scholarly journals NEO-LIBERALISM, NAFTA, AND THE STATE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN LABOUR MOVEMENTS

Just Labour ◽  
1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Crow ◽  
Greg Albo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
The North ◽  
International Solidarity ◽  
Local Plant ◽  
The Common

The consolidation of neo-liberalism since the 1980s has presented several challenges to unions in North America. Through the restructuring of the state and the promotion of globalization, neo-liberalism has made the terrain of struggle more daunting for unions. Changes in the organization of work are also implicated in the common threats to organized labour and workers more generally. These common pressures on labour in Canada, the United States and Mexico, however, have resulted in different outcomes for the three movements. Many have suggested that these common pressures should be met with an increased emphasis on transnational labour cooperation. It is argued here it is possible to build international solidarity without first building union capacities at the level of the local plant and at the level of the nation state.

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