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Brazil : case study on working time organization and its effects in the health services sector

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  • Oliveira, Ana Luíza Matos de.

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This country case study aimed at identifying existing working time arrangements and practices in the health services sector in Brazil and studying their influence on workers' wellbeing, including their work-life-balance, and organizational performance. The explorative study is based on a literature review as well as qualitative interviews with health workers, managers, policy makers, professional associations and trade unionists in the health sector in five regions of the country. It describes the Brasilian health system; the legislation and regulation regarding working time; organizational needs of health facilities, patterns of shift scheduling and mechanisms for consultation with staff. The paper also identifies key working-time related factors affecting staff morale and performance and describes staff and managerial perceptions an preferences of working time arrangements and concludes with a set of recommendations.

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  • Oliveira, Ana Luíza Matos de., 2015. "Brazil : case study on working time organization and its effects in the health services sector," ILO Working Papers 994884233402676, International Labour Organization.
    • Handle: RePEc:ilo:ilowps:994884233402676
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    1. Lygia Sabbag Fares & Ana Luíza Matos de Oliveira, 2023. "Free to Choose? The Gendered Impacts of Flexible Working Hours in Brazil," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 55(1), pages 166-186, March.

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