Contemporary contestations over working time: should health weigh in?

在过去的30年里，对经济竞争力的需求推动了灵活就业条件的增长，而很少考虑对国家健康的影响。该研究采用混合方法检验了一种新理论，即当政府放松对劳动力市场的管制时，它们会破坏文化习俗的稳定，对健康和福祉产生潜在影响。它还决定在最近对《公平工作法》和现代奖励审查程序的审查中是否以及如何考虑灵活工作做法对健康的影响。这项研究填补了与工作生活的短暂性对健康影响有关的政策真空，并将有助于理解时间既是一种文化资源，也是一种经济资源。

In the last 30 years, the demand for economic competitiveness has driven the growth in flexible employment conditions, with little consideration of the impacts on the nation’s health. Using mixed methods, the research tests a new theory that when governments deregulate labour markets they destabilise cultural practices, with potential health and well-being consequences. It also determines whether and how the health implications of flexible work practices are considered in recent reviews of the Fair Work Act and the Modern Award Review Process. The research fills a policy vacuum in relation to the health impacts of the temporalities of working life, and will contribute to understanding time as both a cultural and economic resource.