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a right to work no more than 48 hours per week, unless the member state enables individual opt-outs. It was issued as an update on earlier versions from 22 June 2000 and 23 November 1993. [1] Since excessive working time is cited as a major cause of stress, depression, and illness, the purpose of the directive is to protect people's health and ...
The majority of full-time employees in Australia work additional overtime hours. A 2015 survey found that of Australia's 7.7 million full-time workers, 5 million put in more than 40 hours a week, including 1.4 million who worked more than 50 hours a week and 270,000 who put in more than 70 hours. [111]
The Working Time Regulations create a basic set of rights for the time people work, particularly 28 days paid holidays, a right to 20 minute paid breaks for each 6 hours worked, a right to weekly rest of at least one full 24 hour period, and the right to limit the working week to 48 hours.
Working too much can be counterproductive and even hazardous to your health, according to science. You've been warned. Science says you shouldn't work more than this number of hours a week
However, junior doctors may choose to work more than 48 hours a week, or opt out of the EWTD entirely by signing a waiver with the employer. They may not be punished for not working more than the directed hours. Many trainees nonetheless feel obliged to work longer hours.
Average work hours per week for manufacturing employees in Sweden was 64 hours in 1885, 60 hours in 1905, and 55 hours in 1919. [30] The eight-hour work day was introduced into law in Sweden on 4 August 1919, going into effect on 1 January 1920. [30] At the time, the work week was 48-hour since Saturday was a workday.
The All India IT and ITeS Employees’ Union condemned Murthy’s comments, saying that a 70-hour workweek is “illegal” and employees should not be forced to work more than 48 hours a week ...
Germany: 35–40 hours Iceland: 40 hours India: 48 hours (as per the Factories Act 1948, a person cannot work for more than 48 hours in a week) Taiwan: 40 hours [3] Israel: 43 hours Italy: 40 hours Netherlands: 35–40 hours [4] Norway: 40 hours [5] (often regulated to 37.5 excl. lunch break) Poland: 40 hours Russia: 40 hours