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European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Working Time Developments--2004 (COMPARATIVE STUDY) [25 April 2005]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/03/update/tn0503104u.html

Abstract:
This review of the length of working time in 2003 and 2004 finds that average collectively agreed weekly working time in the European Union as a whole remained at around 38.6 hours - 0.7 hours shorter in the old EU 15 (plus Norway), and 0.9 hours longer in the new Member States. Agreed normal annual working time averages around 1,740 hours - under 1,700 in the old EU 15 (plus Norway), and over 1,800 in the new Member States. Of three sectors examined, agreed weekly hours are highest in chemicals, followed by retail and the civil service. Average collectively agreed paid annual leave entitlement stood at 26.0 days in 2004.
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