Tool kit
Daytime work
- Guidance booklet
- Electronic form for improvement conversation results and voting
- Guidelines for voting on a proposal to shorten the work week
- Sample ballot for voting on one proposal to shorten the work week
- Sample ballot for voting on multiple proposals to shorten the work week
- Slide presentation: Voting on proposals to shorten the work week
- Slide template for working groups to use at consultation meetings
- Information email to staff on October 14, 2020
- Presentation for working groups on the improvement conversation
- Presentation for working groups on the improvement conversation (A reformative conversation) - in English
- Presentation for working groups on the improvement conversation (Konstruktywny dialog) - in Polish
- Presentation for managers
- Template for working groups
- Information email to staff on September 21, 2020
- Information email to staff on August 25, 2020
- Guidelines for absences, vacations, and partial sick leave
Shiftwork
- Better Working Hours for shift work - implementation guidelines
- Improvement conversation - script
- Guidelines for absences, vacations, and partial sick leave
- Analysis of operations (2nd step in implementing Better Working Hours in shift work)
- Implementation checklist 1 - (Excel)
- Implementation checklist 2 - (Excel)
- Implementation checklist 1b - (PDF)
- Implementation checklist 2b - (PDF)
Presentation slides
- Better Working Hours in shift work - presentation (.pptx)
- Benefits of Better Working Hours for staff (.pptx)
- Guiding principles and new incentives for changed shift systems (.pptx)
- What determines shift length and number of employees (.pptx)
- Working hours and rest time rules (.pptx)
Examples of potential impacts - various staff groups
- 5-5-4 shift system changed to 8-hour shift system (.pptx)
- 2-2-3 shift system in 24-hour service changed to 8-hour shift system (.pptx)
- 2-2-3 shift system for part of a day changed to 8-hour shift system (.pptx)
- Example of cafeteria staff (.pptx)
- Example of a sports center employee (.pptx)
- Example of a licensed practical nurse (.pptx)
- Example of a registered nurse (.pptx)
Meetings with employers
- Presentation at November 4 meeting - Implementation process and improvement conversation (.pptx)
- Presentation at November 11 meeting - Contacts and analysis of operations (.pptx)
- Presentation at November 18 meeting - Improvement conversation and mixed groups (.pptx)
- Presentation at November 25 meeting - Tools and prioritization of interests (.pptx)
- Presentation at December 2 meeting - Increase in employment percentage and educational materials (.pptx)
- Presentation at December 9 meeting - Review of system changes and upcoming process (.pptx)
- Presentation at December 16 meeting - Timeline and increase in part-time employment percentage (.pptx)
Videos
Lectures for staff and managers
- Better use of working hours - Ingrid Kuhlman, Þekkingarmiðlun
- Accelerating change and underlying factors - Gestur Pálmason, Complete
- Happiness@workplace - Maríanna Magnúsdóttir, Manino
- Improvements and their benefits - Ásdís Kristinsdóttir, Gemba consulting and training
- Resilience - Sigríður Hulda Jónsdóttir, SHJ consulting
Better working hours for daytime workers
- Shortening the work week at Reykjavík City
- Improvement conversation for Better Working Hours
- Better working hours for daytime workers: Main benefits and opportunities according to state employees and managers
Better working hours for shift workers
- Better Working Hours for shift workers
- Better working hours for shift workers: Main benefits and opportunities according to state employees and managers
- Benefits of Better Working Hours for shift workers
- Main goals and guiding principles of the Better Working Hours system changes for shift work
- Better Working Hours in shift work - Weight of mandatory work hours and shift premiums
- Better Working Hours in shift work - Shift incentive as a new wage component
- Better Working Hours in shift work - Overtime, holiday leave, and change fee
- Better Working Hours in shift work - The road ahead
- Better Working Hours in shift work - Guidelines and incentives to change 12-hour shift systems
- Better Working Hours in shift work - What determines shift length and staff numbers at any given time?
- Better Working Hours in shift work - 5-5-4 shift system changed to 8-hour shift system
- Better Working Hours in shift work - 2-2-3 shift system in 24-hour service changed to 8-hour shift system
- Better Working Hours in shift work - 2-2-3 shift system with partial 24-hour presence changed to 8-hour shift system
- Possible effects of Better Working Hours in shift work on staff working 8-hour shifts Example: sports center employee
- Possible effects on cafeteria staff
- Possible effects on licensed practical nurses working three-shift rotations
- Working hours and rest period rules
- Possible effects on nurses