Can overtime premium flexibility promote employment? Firm- and worker-level evidence from a labour law reform
"In 2012, in the midst of a recession, a labour law reform in Portugal allowed firms to reduce the overtime premium paid to their workers by 50% or more. Until then, overtime premiums were set by law at a relatively high level and could not be cut unilaterally. We analyse matched employer-emplo...
Main Author: | Martins, Pedro |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Bonn
2016
IZA |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-039612485789-Can-overtime-premium-flexibili.htm |
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