Privatizing, or restructuring state-owned enterprises, may lead to massive layoffs, but the number of redundant workers is usually unknown beforehand. The authors estimate labor redundancy by comparing...
This paper contains abstracts of Policy, Research Working Paper series Numbers 2458 - 2498.
This paper addresses the question of labor retrenchment and redundancy compensation in state owned enterprises in Sri Lanka, and its main purpose is to provide a conceptual framework to analyze alternative...
This paper focuses on what determines labor redundancy in selected modes of transport (rails, ports, and buses) in six countries: Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, and Yugoslavia. It also analyzes...
Restrictive labor practices on railways limit enterprise productivity and output. They generally fall under the following categories: fixed staffing ratios, rigid craft divisions, pay structure and basis...
The issue of what to do with excess labor is critical to the success of any endeavour to improve the transport sector. Failure to reduce overstaffing leads to excessive wage bills. This exacerbates budget...
This study forms part of a Bank research project on "Labor Redundancy in the Transport Sector." Its objective is to provide guidance to Bank staff in identifying situations where surplus labor is present...
This study is part of a broader research program on labor redundancy in the transport sector which is motivated by recent work in the Bank on public sector pay and employment policies which highlighted...