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Many work outside regular hours
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Patterns of working time, Labour force survey, 2008

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Many work outside regular hours

One in three employees work outside regular hours, mostly as part of a shift work arrangement. This is most common among youths and women.

In 2008, the proportion of employees working outside regular working hours (Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) was 34 per cent, according to the Labour Force Survey. This corresponds to 783 000 employees; an increase of 17 000 from the previous year. The total number of employees in Norway also increased from 2007 to 2008, so the proportion of employees working outside regular hours remained unchanged. This proportion has remained relatively unchanged for the past eight years, with variations around 34-36 per cent (see table). The proportion of employees working outside regular hours without having a shift work arrangement has been reduced from 12 per cent in 2006 to 10 per cent in 2008.

Employees, by patterns of working time in the main job. 2001-2007. Per cent
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Enmplyees, total        100        100        100        100        100        100        100        100
Ordinary daytime 65.9 65.2 64.7 65.2 64.2 65.6 65.9 66.2
Outside ordinary daytime 34.1 34.8 35.3 34.8 35.8 34.4 34.1 33.7
                 
Shift work in the main job 20.6 21.2 22.3 21.7 22.2 22.9 23.2 23.5
All the combinations (Saturday, Sunday, night and evening) 9.0 8.5 9.0 9.3 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.4
Saturday, unday and night 4.9 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.1
Saturday, night and evening 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Saturday and night 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3
Night and evening 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Saturday and Sunday 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 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 0.8
Other combinations (saturday/sunday/evening) 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.3
Unspecified 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
                 
Not shift work, total 13.5 13.6 13.0 13.1 13.6 11.5 10.9 10.2
All the combinations (Saturday, Sunday, night and evening)1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.6 1.5
Saturday, unday and night1 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.9
Saturday, night and evening1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3
Saturday and night1 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3
Night and evening1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 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
Other combinations (night and saturday/sunday/evening)1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.3 2.3 2.0
Other combinations (saturday/sunday/evening)1 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.7 4.0 1.3 1.1 1.2
1At least one working time is regularly.                

Many young employees work outside regular hours

Almost half of the employees aged 15-29 (48 per cent) work outside regular hours. Working part-time while studying is widespread in Norway, so evening and/or weekend work is common among those aged 15-29. Furthermore, 18 per cent of the employees in this age work outside regular working hours without having a shift work arrangement.

Work outside regular hours is more widespread among women than men

A total of 38 per cent of female employees work outside regular hours, compared to 29 per cent of male employees. This corresponds to 436 000 female and 347 000 male employees. The differences are greatest among the youngest employees: 57 per cent of female and 40 per cent of male employees aged 15-29 work outside regular hours. Among employees aged 30-54, the proportions are 33 per cent among women and 27 per cent among men.

Shift work most common in health and social services

The proportion of employees working outside regular hours is greatest in health and social services and in transportation (both 51 per cent). The proportions with a shift work arrangement are also high (95 and 82 per cent respectively). Also in domestic trade, many work outside regular hours (48 per cent), but fewer of these employees have a shift work arrangement (44 per cent). Industries with many employees, but with relatively few employees working outside regular hours, include public administration (14 per cent), construction and education (both 10 per cent).

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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