Flexible work schedules: what are we trading off to get them?

The economic expansion of the 1990s has led to the growing popularity of flexible working schedules. In the May 1997 Current Population Survey, more than 27 percent of full-time wage and salary workers reported that they had some flexibility with regard to when they started or finished work, more t...

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Publicado en:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 124; no. 3; pp. 50 - 68
Autor principal: Golden, Lonnie
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: US Department of Labor March 2001
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