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More than one in five work 48-plus hours weekly.
An estimated 22 percent of the global workforce, or 614.2 million workers, are working more than 48 hours per week, with employees in developing countries and in the services sector and the security industry among the most likely to work long hours.
The International Labor Organization (ILO), an arm of the United Nations, analyzed employment in 50 countries during 2004-2005 and found widespread differences in working hours between developed and developing countries. Peru topped the overtime list, with 50.9 percent of workers putting in more than 48 hours per week, followed by the Republic of Korea (49.5), Thailand (46.7), and Pakistan (44.4). In developed countries, where working hours typically are shorter, the leaders in working 48-plus hours were the United Kingdom (25.7 percent), Israel (25.5), Australia (20.4), Switzerland (19.2), and the United States (18.1).
The ILO found that laws and policies governing working time have a limited influence on actual working hours in developing economies. Attempts to reduce hours in these countries have been unsuccessful for various reasons, including the need to work long hours simply to make ends meet and the widespread use of overtime by employers in an effort to increase output.
Working hours in the services sector and its subsectors tend to be the most varied. In ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, More than one in five work 48-plus hours weekly.