Labor flexibility and emotional salary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22519/22157360.700Abstract
The workday of 8 hours is one of the most claimed conquests in the history of the work. However, the demands of globalization have led to companies and Governments to establish a diversification both in the forms of contracting work schedules. Ones and others defend the policies of labour flexibility as a panacea to solve the problems of unemployment and competitiveness. Numerous studies have pointed out that labour flexibility only understood as a cost reduction measure, does not solve any of the two problems, but yes it affects the quality of life of workers. For this reason, it is essential to reconsider the need for flexible working hours, in such a way that workers can reconcile better their working lives with their personal lives, ensuring a better emotional salary which, undoubtedly, will improve their motivation, concentration and performance and thus facilitate productivity and profitability.
This paper deals with the history of the workday, explores the characteristics of labour flexibility, and finally discusses their effects on quality of life, in such a way that it can be considered as a factor of emotional salary.
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