WORKING TIME REPORT
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLAN INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) report has claimed more Britons work excessive hours than other Europeans, with 15.5% of UK citizens working more than 50 hours a week, while in other EU countries the proportion ranges from 1.4% in the Netherlands to 6.2% in Greece and Ireland. However, ILO's 'Working Time and Workers' Preferences in Industrialised Countries: Finding the Balance' said in Japan, 28.1% of the workforce work over 50 hours weekly, 21.3% of New Zealand's employees and 20% of USA and Australian workers. ILO is concerned both ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.