Better Work
The Impact of Automation, Flexibilization and Intensification of Work
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Beschreibung
This is an Open Access book. How can we make work better? It is an important question, one that the Dutch government, employers’ organizations and trade unions have been grappling with. People work to make money. But work also inspires self-respect, shapes our identity and gives us a sense of belonging – especially when the work we do is good. Good work is essential to prosperity in the broadest sense: to the quality of life we experience as individuals, to the economy and to society as a whole.
Work in the Netherlands could be better. In Better Work. The automation, flexibilization and intensification of work, the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy offers nine recommendations to help all workers gain more control over their money, their work and their lives – the three basic conditions of good work. While the primary responsibility for good work lies with employers, the government can help through legislation and regulations,supervision and subsidies, and through its tenders.
This Open Access book provides a thorough analysis of the quality of work in the Netherlands, and suggests policy proposals to promote and facilitate good work for more people. New technology, flexibilization and the intensification of work will have significant consequences for all those who will still have jobs in the future, and – much less studied so far – for the quality of their work. Good work is essential for general well-being: for the individual’s quality of life, for the economy and for society. Good work for everyone should therefore be seen as an important aspiration for companies, institutions, social partners and governments. An essential read for an international audience of academics in the field of the sociology of work, labor economics and social policy, as well as for policymakers and researchers of trade unions, and representatives of other social movements.
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access The first book to analyses the effects of technologization, flexibilization and intensification of work for the quality of work Offers a clear definition of ‘good work’ based on academic work from various disciplines Suggests novel policy proposals based on a thorough analysis of the quality of work in the Netherlands The original Dutch version of the book has been well received in the Dutch media, by employers’ organizations, trade unions, academics, and in Dutch parliament
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Monique Kremer
Themen in »Better Work«
Flexibilization Open Access Social Dialogue Technology (robots, AI) Welfare State Work