Working Time: 32% Work Longer than Stipulated

Business › Economy ♦ Published: March 10, 2012; 19:29 ♦ (Vindobona)

A study of the Austrian working atmosphere index shows that a substantial part of Austrian workers works longer than 40 hours per week.

Working Time: 32% Work Longer than Stipulated / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Austrian employees often work longer than agreed by contract. About 14% of the employees work between 40 and 45 hours per week. 10% work longer than 45 hours. All in all, about a third reaches longer working times than stipulated. In 2006, this figure stood at 45% and declined during the financial crisis. In 2009, 30% of the Austrian employees recorded more working hours than agreed by…

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