Leave saving options over the life course - only for the highly skilled? Evidence from two German best-practice companies.

Autor/in	Wotschack, Philip
Titel	Leave saving options over the life course - only for the highly skilled? Evidence from two German best-practice companies. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Möglichkeiten zum Ansparen von Urlaub im Lebenslauf - nur für die Hochqualifizierten? Erkenntnisse aus zwei vorbildlichen Unternehmen in Deutschland.
Quelle	In: European societies, 19 (2017) 4, S. 396-418 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-6696; 1469-8307
DOI	10.1080/14616696.2017.1281429
Schlagwörter	Leben; Gleichgewicht; Personalpolitik; Transportgewerbe; Arbeit; Lebensarbeitszeit; Qualifikation; Arbeitszeitkonto; Informationswirtschaft; Altersabhängigkeit; Urlaub; Geschlechtsspezifik; Regelung; Überstunde; Deutschland; Niederlande
Abstract	"Individual leave saving options provide new options to employees to improve their employability and work - life balance over the life course. They are based on a simple idea: Employees can deposit overtime hours or portions of due remuneration in a time credit account and withdraw them at a later point in time in order to take prolonged periods of leave for care, training, or leisure activities. It is the leading question of this article as to what extent and in which way these options are factually used by different categories of employees. By reviewing existing studies in the Netherlands and by analysing German employee data the article reveals constraints in the accessibility of leave saving options. On the basis of transaction cost theory hypotheses are formulated regarding different uses of leave saving options by age, gender, and occupational status. These hypotheses are tested using regression analysis and employee data from two German best-practice companies. They show evidence for significant restrictions in terms of a high degree of selectivity with regard to age, skill and income levels. Based on these findings recommendations for future research and working time policies are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/3