UK workers are among the hardest working people in Europe, with only Romanians and Bulgarians putting in longer hours, new research shows. UK workers in full-time jobs put in an average of 41.4 hours every week, one and a half hours more than the average for the 27 members of the EU. The French and Italians worked the fewest hours - with an average of 37.7 and 38.4 hours per week. The UK workers also get less annual leave than the average EU worker.
UK workers are among the hardest working people in Europe, with only Romanians and Bulgarians putting in longer hours, new research shows.
UK workers in full-time jobs put in an average of 41.4 hours every week, one and a half hours more than the average for the 27 members of the EU.
The French and Italians worked the fewest hours - with an average of 37.7 and 38.4 hours per week.
The UK workers also get less annual leave than the average EU worker.
The average working time in Britain is actually rather low because so many people are working part time. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
