Os acordos de redução-reorganização do tempo de trabalho: negociações e conseqüências econômicas

Abstract

Agreements which associa te reduction and reorganization of working time seem to be particularly relevant as far as the economic and social eftectiveness is concerned. These agreements are market oriented and arean answer to insufticient manufacturing capacity or to constraints on productive capacity. They aim at increasing the equipment operating hours andlor at addapting its use to demand fluctuations. Working time reduction, which has been rather granted than negociated, appears to be the bestsocial counterpart to the unsocial hours due to reorganizations. It is difticult to measure these agreements impact on the firms competitiveness; nevertheless they have shown a positive impact on their profitability as uiell as on investment and on employment.