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Workaday Tales | 6 comments (6 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

ha! Our unions are going with the 41.4 hr/week figure since we Brits are obviously overworked and something needs to be done!

But this does illustrate the joy of stats, tell any story you like and you'll find some stats to evidence it.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 10:23:40 AM EST

Re: Workaday Tales (4.00 / 2)

Well, if the unions are thinking of full-time salaried workers, they're probably right. But they should also be concerned about the importance of short-hours part-time work in the UK.

The thing about the much-decried (and now disassembled) 35-hour week in France was that it capped full-time work, bringing quite a lot of part-timers up to the full time they wished for.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 10:33:11 AM EST
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Re: Workaday Tales (none / 1)

Ah I see what you mean. I have often thought that if people were not pressured into working overtime and stupid hours then it would become obvious where more part time positions could be brought in to meet the demand of the work. It would also give scope for higher positions to be supplemented or job shared by part timers, giving access to decent jobs with decent pay for skilled workers who wanted or needed part time hours for whatever reason.

But why do that when you can get one person to do their job plus half, for the price of one?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 10:44:46 AM EST
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