Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-11-06

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Greeks work longer

[01] Greeks work longer

The figures refer to the second trimester of 2009 and report that the average working week in the 27 EU member-states is 40.3 hours a week, while in the Eurozone it is 40 hours.

Greeks are top of the list with 42 hours per week, followed by the Czechs with 41.6 hours a week, Austrians with 41.5 hours a week and Poles with 41.4 hours a week.

The shortest working week is enjoyed by the Finns (37.8 hours), Danes (38 hours) and Swedes (38.1 hours).

According to the same survey, Greece has the lowest rate of part-time employment as a proportion of full-time employment in the EU, at 6 percent. The average is 18.8 percent in the EU27 and 20 percent in the Eurozone.

Part-time work is most common in the Netherlands (48.2 percent) and in Sweden (27 percent), while it is least common in Bulgaria (2.6 percent) and Slovakia (4 percent).

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