The current average annual work period for full-time employees in Romania was the highest in the European Union in 2010, while the average annual working time for part-time employees ranked second, behind Hungary, shows a Coe-Rexecode study. Finnish workers have the shortest schedule - under 1,700 work hours during the year.

Full-time Romanian employees worked 0n average 2,095 hours in 2010, followed by the Hungarians (2,021hours) and the Maltese (under 1,983 hours). The average working time for full-time Romanian employees has not seen major fluctuations since 1998.

Romanian part-time employees worked in 2010 on average 1,200 hours, surpassed only by Hungarians, with 1,226 hours. Romanians have had a steady number of working hours a year throughout the last 12 years, from 2,100 hours in 1998.

Read the full report (in French, pdf version) here.

Alex Camburu, alex.camburu@romania-insider.com   

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