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One in three work outside regular hours
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Patterns of working time, Labour force survey, 2011

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One in three work outside regular hours

Every third employee worked outside regular hours in 2011, usually in a shift work arrangement. This kind of work is most common among youths and is more widespread among women than among men.

In 2011, 33 per cent of employees worked outside regular hours (Monday to Friday from 6 am to 6 pm) in their main job; the same level as the previous year. This corresponds to 768 000 persons. Among those, 71 per cent were shift workers. This share also remained unchanged compared to 2010.

Employees, by patterns of working time in the main job. 2001-2011. Per cent
 
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
 
Employees, total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Ordinary daytime 65.9 65.2 64.7 65.2 64.2 65.6 65.9 66.2 67.0 66.6 67.3
Outside ordinary daytime 34.1 34.8 35.3 34.8 35.8 34.4 34.1 33.7 33.0 33.3 32.7
                       
Shift work in the main job 20.6 21.2 22.3 21.7 22.2 22.9 23.2 23.5 23.1 23.8 23.2
All the combinations (Saturday, Sunday, evening and night) 9.0 8.5 9.0 9.3 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.4 8.9 9.4 9.7
Saturday, Sunday and evening 4.9 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.6 6.6 5.9
Saturday, evening and night 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7
Saturday and evening 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1
Evening and night 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6
Saturday and Sunday 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1
Other combinations of night and/or Saturday/Sunday/evening 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7
Other combinations of Saturday/Sunday/evening 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.3
Unspecified 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0
                       
Not shift work, total 13.5 13.6 13.0 13.1 13.6 11.5 10.9 10.2 9.9 9.5 9.5
All the combinations (Saturday, Sunday, evening and night)1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3
Saturday, Sunday and evening1 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6
Saturday, evening and night1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Saturday and evening1 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.2
Evening and night1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Saturday and Sunday1 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8
Other combinations of night and/or Saturday/Sunday/evening1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.0
Other combinations of Saturday/Sunday/evening1 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.7 4.0 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1
 
1  At least one working time is regularly.

Common in service activities

Work outside regular hours is most widespread in the service activity industries. In accommodation and food service activities, 66 per cent of employees had this kind work. The share was 59 per cent in transportation and storage. Work outside regular hours is also common in human health and social work activities and in domestic trade. Forty-nine and 46 per cent of the employees in these two industries respectively worked outside regular hours in 2011. Since these two industries employ large numbers of people and they both have a relatively high percentage of employees working outside regular hours, they alone account for more than half of the total number of employees with this kind of work.

Employees by patterns of working time and industry in the main job. 2011. Per cent

Almost half of all youths work outside regular hours

Forty-eight per cent of employees aged 15-29 worked outside regular hours in 2011. Work outside regular hours can be a practical way of combining work and studies for young people. The shares of employees aged 30-54 and 55-74 working outside regular hours were 29 and 26 per cent respectively. Shift work arrangements are somewhat less widespread among those aged 15-29 working outside regular hours than among those 30 years or older.

Most common among women

In 2011, 37 per cent of female employees worked outside regular hours compared to 29 per cent of male employees. This corresponds to 419 000 women and 349 000 men. These gender differences are related to the strong overrepresentation of women in health and social work activities. This industry employs a great number of people, and work outside regular hours is very common. Equally, since shift work is widespread in the same industry, shift work arrangements are somewhat more common among women than men.

Often in combination with part-time work

While 49 per cent of those in part-time employment worked outside regular hours in 2011, the corresponding share among full-time employees was 27 per cent. Work outside regular hours is about as common among full-time employed men as among full-time employed women. The gender differences with regard to working outside regular hours is highly related to the fact that this kind of work is very common among part-time workers, where women are highly overrepresented.

Multiple working time arrangements

An individual may have multiple working time arrangements, e.g. both evening and Saturday work. In this article we look at employees with any of these working time arrangements. Hence, we have counted (in table 4-8) the number of different working time arrangements for each employee, not the number of employees. As a result, the total number of working time arrangements is higher than the total number of employees.

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