Policy Memo - Engineering hours of work

Title: Policy Memo - Engineering hours of work
Creator: NALEDI
Subject: NALEDI
Date: 1997
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151200
Identifier: vital:39038
Description: The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (Numsa). following Cosatu, has since its foundation argued for a 40 hour week and a ban on overtime to increase employment. The goal of a shorter working week should not. however, limit itself to employment. Metal workers work long, hard hours, an average 49 hour week in 1995. (ILO.1996:334) Shift workers often work longer, with serious health and safety risks, including shorter lives. A poor and inefficient transport system cuts at least another 5 to 10 hours a week from the time urban africans spend away from home, community and leisure. (CSS. 1995)1 Workers too must have the right to a healthy work environment and proper access to leisure time and family. The organisation of working time is also important, impacting on the ability of workers to effectively access education and training.
Format: 8 pages, pdf
Publisher: National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI)
Language: English
Rights: National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI)
Rights: No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher

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