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Di Martino, Vittorio; Wirth, Linda – International Labour Review, 1990
Defines telework as online or offline electronic work performed at home or in central offices, customer sites, and satellite centers. Examines the nature, extent, and impact of telework on working conditions, work organization and explores the legal status of teleworkers, changing attitudes of employers and trade unions, and government…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Flexible Working Hours
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1986
Economic, social, and demographic changes in the last 30 years have resulted in a massive restructuring of the American work force. Consequently, increasing numbers of employees can be expected to experience difficulties balancing family-and-work concerns. There is no consensus in the United States today regarding the responsibility for helping…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Day Care, Employee Assistance Programs, Employment Patterns
Ng, Roxana; Wong, Renita Yuk-Lin; Choi, Angela – 1999
The current conditions of home workers in the garment industry in Toronto, Canada, were examined through in-depth telephone interviews with 30 Chinese-speaking immigrant women who were employed as home workers in 1999. The paper dicusses the formal training and informal learning experiences of immigrant woman who are garment workers. A comparison…
Descriptors: Child Care, Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Consciousness Raising