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Working hours 'have dipped slightly since 2006'
Posted by Mark Cunningham
Working hours for both men and women across all sectors in the UK have dipped slightly over the course of the last five years - and the global economic downturn is the main reason behind this trend.
That is the opinion of Ben Willmott, senior public policy advisor at the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD), who believes the effects of the recession have caused the amount of time spent in work by professionals to dip.
Mr Willmott cited data from the Office for National Statistics, which shows that by last year men worked an average of 37.4 hours per week, while women completed an average of 29.3 hours.
These figures represent a marginal decrease on the 38.1 hours and 29.6 hours recorded in 2006 and Mr Willmott insisted that a combination of the recession bringing in flexible working and "lower demand overall" in the employment market caused this dip.
Recently, Phil Flaxton of Work Wise UK noted that the UK's employment sector is now beginning to recover in earnest after the slump.
20/07/2011 14:55
News category: Employment