Worker Absenteeism and Sick Pay Hardback - Hardcover

Treble; Barmby

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052180695X ISBN 13: 9780521806954

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Absenteeism is the single most important cause of lost labour time. Arguing that any explanation of absence rates must take into account the interests of both employers and employees, this book constructs a model of the markets for absence and sick pay.

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Críticas

'John Treble and Tim Barmby have achieved a tour de force. Their book makes very imaginative use of economic theory, illustrated with amusing and illuminating anecdotes. They argue that we should think of absence behaviour as the result of a bargain between employers and their employees, and that medical and psychological factors are only part of the picture. The nature of this bargain explains why some organisations have higher absence rates than others. This opens up scope for considering a much wider range of policies to deal with absence than the traditional ones. Their conclusions will be of interest to practitioners and researchers well beyond the economics fold.' David Marsden, Professor of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics

Biografía del autor

John Treble recently retired as Professor of Economics at Swansea University. He has previously taught and held visiting posts in the UK, North America, Europe and Australia. His work is mainly in labour economics, with some forays into economic history. Professor Treble was the founder of Britain's national labour economics conference, now called the Work and Pensions Economics Group, and served a full term on the founding Committee of the European Society of Labour Economists.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 052180695X
• ISBN 13: 9780521806954
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234