Friday 23 December 2011

More work hours or more productivity?


I think this should be the real question, on labor hours in Portugal now, following the proposals that point out that every single Portuguese worker will actually work an additional 23 days next year. But, for me, that is not focused on the real question - putting more hours on the line is very different of ensuring the work done on those hours is actually building enough value. For me, policies in Portugal should be aimed at improving productivity - but, for that, Labor laws should be worked to allow firing for low productivity, and that still seems far away.

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