Work Share

Dan Froomkin

AMERICA NEEDS JOBS Sharing The Pain Of Layoffs Means Losing Fewer Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Shorter Work Week, Unemployment, Job Share, Work Sharing, America Needs Jobs, 20 Jobs Ideas, Work Share, Recession, Financial Crisis, Business News

(This is Idea No. 6 in Huffington Post's ongoing America Needs Jobs series; see the introduction.) Recessions are brutal on people -- and particularl...

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Sharing Is Caring

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiscal Crisis, Germany, Unemployment, Cities, States, Work-Share, Stimulus Spending, Deficit Spending, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Policy wonks on both sides of the aisle have proposed Germany's work-share program (inducing private firms to reduce employee hours, rather than fire workers) as a cheap way to reduce unemployment in the U.S.

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Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dean Baker

Imagine if workers in the US, like workers in Germany, were dealing with the recession by putting in four-day weeks (while getting paid for five) or getting an extra two weeks of paid vacation. This sure beats being unemployed.

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A Family-Friendly Recession?: Cut Hours, Not Jobs

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shared Work Program, Family Friendly Policy, Women's Careers, Ellen Galinsky, Economics, Breaking News, Forbes Magazine, Glass Ceiling, Cut Hours Not Jobs, Work Share, Recession, Culture of Care, Obama Inaugural Address, Wall Street, Financial Crisis, Women's Work, Breaking Living News, Business News
Elizabeth Gregory

During a recession, gains for women earned through years of effort may be swept away in the undertow of layoffs, when flexibility and diversity efforts suddenly disappear.

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