Average Hours Worked, 2007

The key points are:

• Since the mid 1990s there has been a downward trend in average hours worked in both Wales and the UK.
• Between 2001 and 2007, there was a reduction in the percentage of employees working 45 or more hours per week.
• Managers and professionals averaged around 3 hours of unpaid overtime per week, in 2007. Process, plant and machine operatives and skilled trade occupations worked the most paid overtime at around 2 hours per week.

The analyses are based on the Labour Force Survey and the Annual Population Survey.

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 5817
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next Update:
October 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)