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Patterns of working time, Labour force survey, 2006-2007

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One in three works outside regular hours

One in three people works outside regular hours, 68 per cent in shift work. This is most common among young employees, part-time workers and women.

The number of employees working outside regular working hours was 766 000, or 34 per cent of the working population, in 2007, according to the Labour Force Survey. The majority of employees working inconvenient hours have shift work. This applies to 23 per cent of all employees.

Employees by patterns of working time in the main job. 2001-2007. Per cent
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Enmplyees, total  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
Outside ordinary daytime 34,1 34,8 35,3 34,8 35,8 34,4 34,1
               
Shift work in the main job 20,6 21,2 22,3 21,7 22,2 22,9 23,2
All the combinations (Saturday, Sunday, night and evening) 9,0 8,5 9,0 9,3 9,5 9,3 9,3
Saturday, unday and night 4,9 5,4 5,7 5,4 5,4 5,8 6,0
Saturday, night and evening 0,5 0,4 0,6 0,7 0,5 0,5 0,5
Saturday and night 1,6 1,8 2,0 1,8 2,1 2,2 2,3
Night and evening 0,8 0,8 0,8 0,8 0,8 0,9 0,9
Saturday and Sunday 1,0 1,3 1,1 0,9 1,0 1,0 1,0
Other combinations (night and Saturday/Sunday/evening) 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,8 0,7
Other combinations (Saturday/Sunday/evening) 1,6 1,7 1,9 1,8 1,7 1,2 1,3
Unspecified 1,0 1,1 1,1 1,0 1,1 1,1 1,1
               
Not shift work, total 13,5 13,6 13,0 13,1 13,6 11,5 10,9
All the combinations (Saturday, Sunday, night and evening)1 2,1 2,2 2,2 2,4 2,3 1,7 1,6
Saturday, Sunday and night1 2,3 2,6 2,6 2,4 2,4 2,1 1,9
Saturday, night and evening1 0,4 0,5 0,4 0,4 0,4 0,3 0,4
Saturday and night1 2,7 2,8 2,8 3,0 3,0 2,9 2,5
Night and evening1 0,3 0,2 0,3 0,3 0,5 0,2 0,2
Saturday and Sunday1 1,0 0,7 0,7 0,7 0,8 0,6 0,7
Other combinations (night and Saturday/Sunday/evening)1 0,2 0,2 0,1 0,1 0,2 2,3 2,3
Other combinations (Saturday/Sunday/evening)1 4,4 4,4 3,8 3,7 4,0 1,3 1,1
1  At least one working time is regularly.

Shift work is most common in health and social services

46 per cent of all employees have shift work. Work outside regular hours that is not shift work is most common for employees in retail trade (27 per cent).

Half of work night shifts

16 per cent of all employees work night shifts. Among people with shift work, almost half work night shifts. Night work is most common in the manufacturing industry and in transport and communication.

Work outside regular hours is more common among women than men

Shift work is more common among women than men, as 27 per cent of women work shifts compared with 18 per cent for men.

In general, it is more common among part-time employees to work inconvenient hours. 50 per cent of part-time employees work shifts, compared with 28 per cent for full-time workers. In particular, combinations with Saturday work, Sunday work and evening work are more common among part-time employees.

Most common among young employees

Almost half of all employees aged 16-29 work outside regular working hours. In particular, combinations with Saturday work and evening work are common.

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 employees with different working time arrangements is higher than the total number of employees.

Changes in the LFS from 2006

Until 2006, these questions were included in the survey only in the second quarter. As of 2006, they are included each quarter, but only for a quarter of the sample. Until 2006, a distinction was made between regular and non-regular shift work, and only figures for regular shift work were published. As of 2006, there is no longer such a distinction.

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