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The 35-hour work week.

CMA - the Management Accounting Magazine

| December 01, 1998 | Gekas, George W. | COPYRIGHT 1991 Society of Management Accountants of Canada. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

France announced a 35-hour work week in 1997 and ItaLy expects to do the same in 2000. Could this idea help Canada?

The percentage of those who lose their jobs and find it difficult to get a new one seems to increase all the time. Youth face a mountain of difficulties in passing from the educational system to the labour market. This realization keeps young people longer in the school system, often over-qualifies them for the jobs they eventually find, and increases the average age at which youth start their career path.

Young people, while better prepared today to compete in the labour market, don't face the same favourable environmental circumstances their parents faced. Education, skills, degrees and diplomas …

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