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The forgotten story of flextime: from chosen desynchronization to flexibility for the company
[L'histoire oubliée des horaires individualisés : de la désynchronisation choisie à la flexibilité pour l'entreprise]

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  • Jens Thoemmes

    (CERTOP - Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Travail Organisation Pouvoir - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Flextime by individual choice has been invented in businesses during the 1960s. However, the reasons for this introduction were more related to the labor market, to management of staff and fluidity of urban traffic. Desynchronization of temporalities by individuals has not failed to challenge employers and trade unions criticism of this measure. This social innovation sparked debate between lawyers and opponents of individualization. It has led to technological innovations on how to measure time. The trend of half a century that has led to the generalization of codetermination of working hours by employees themselves, but it did not prevent the existence of major disagreements on implementation: the control of the individual time-schedule employment for oneself or flexibility for the company.

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  • Jens Thoemmes, 2013. "The forgotten story of flextime: from chosen desynchronization to flexibility for the company [L'histoire oubliée des horaires individualisés : de la désynchronisation choisie à la flexibilité pour," Post-Print hal-00942181, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00942181
    DOI: 10.3917/rfse.011.0035
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