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Patterns of working time, Labour force survey, 2009

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Fewer work outside regular hours

From 2008 to 2009, there was a reduction of 21 000 employees working outside regular hours. This kind of work is most common among women and youths.

Employees by patterns of working time and industry in the main job. Per cent. 2009

According to the Labour Force Survey, 761 000 employees - or 33 per cent - worked outside regular working hours (Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) in their main job in 2009. Between 2001 and 2008, this proportion has varied around 34-36 per cent. The share of shift workers among those working outside of regular hours was 70 per cent in 2009.

Most common in service activities

The highest shares of employees working outside regular hours are found in accommodation and food service activities and in transportation and storage, where respectively 72 and 62 per cent has this kind of work. Compared with 2008, this represents a decrease of 4 percentage points in the case of accommodation and food service activities, and an increase of 6 percentage points in the case of transportation and storage. In human health and social work activities, 51 per cent worked outside regular hours in both 2008 and 2009. Approximately 10 per cent of the employees in construction and in education worked outside regular hours in 2009.

Employees by patterns of working time in the main job. 2001-2009. Per cent
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Employees, total  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
Outside ordinary daytime 34.1 34.8 35.3 34.8 35.8 34.4 34.1 33.7 33.0
                   
Shift work in the main job 20.6 21.2 22.3 21.7 22.2 22.9 23.2 23.5 23.1
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
Saturday, Sunday and evening 4.9 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.6
Saturday, Sunday and night 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7
Saturday and evening 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
Saturday and Sunday 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1
Other combinations (night and Saturday/Sunday/evening) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7
Other combinations (Saturday/Sunday/evening) 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1
Unspecified 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 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 9.9
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
Saturday, Sunday and evening1 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8
Saturday, evening and night1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
Saturday and evening1 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2
Evening and night1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 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
Other combinations (night and Saturday/Sunday/evening)1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.0
Other combinations (Saturday/Sunday/evening)1 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.7 4.0 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1
1  At least one working time is regularly.

Distinct gender inequalities

The share of women working outside regular hours was distinctively higher than for men; 37 per cent for women compared with 29 per cent for men. The most important reason is that there are many more women employed in health and social services activities than men. This is the largest industry and the share of employees working outside regular hours is among the highest. Even though women in total had higher shares of this kind of work than men, the variations between industries are great. For instance, men had in 2009 high shares of work outside regular hours in manufacturing and in transportation and storage. Work outside of regular hours as part of a shift work arrangement is much more common among women than among men.

46 per cent of youths work outside regular hours

Work outside regular hours is a practical way of combining work and studies for young people. In 2009, 46 per cent of employees aged 15-29 had this kind of work. Among employees aged 30-54, the corresponding share was 30 per cent - and 26 per cent among employees 55-74 years. From 2008 to 2009 the employment among youths declined somewhat, and this reduction was highest among those with work outside regular hours. Furthermore, young employees with this kind of work distinct themselves from adults in the sense that shift work is relatively less common and that evening and weekend work is more 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 working time arrangements is higher than the total number of employees.

New industry classification

A new industry classification was introduced as from the publication of the first quarter of 2009. Here is an article presenting general information about the new Norwegian industry classification .

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