Greeks work longer hours than their European Union counterparts said a report released by the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) covering the year 2000.
The EIRO report said that Greeks officially worked 42.3 hours weekly last year but the real figure was considered higher given the tendency of people to under-report their work hours.
The average working hours in Europe during 2000 was estimated at 38.1 slightly down from 38.6 in 1999, due to the extension of the standard 35-hour week in France. The standard work week in Greece was 40 hours in 2000 - reduced to 39 earlier this year.
European countries are divided into two groups, regarding the maximum permitted number of work hours weekly. The first group, with an upper limit of 48 hours, includes Greece, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the U.K. The second group, where the limit is very near to the standard number includes Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Austria.
/D.P.
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