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Transport named the second hardest-working industry in the UK


A recent study by Merchant Marine has revealed the ten industry sectors that work the most hours per week.

Construction is the sector which tops the leader board as the hardest-working sector, with the average worker working a total of 40 hours per week and an upper limit of 49 hours worked.

 

Transport and storage followed close behind, with workers clocking up an average of 39.9 hours a week, with a higher upper limit of 52.3 hours worked.

 

The closely-related sector water and waste management came in third with the average worker spending 39.8 hours at work, with an upper limit of 50.4 hours worked.

 

Agriculture was the fourth hardest-working industry, according to the survey. It had the highest upper-limit of hours worked of all industries with some employees clocking up to 53.6 hours a week – 13.6 hours more per week than the average full-time week.

 

Claire Williams, Director of People and Services at CIPHR, a UK-based HR company, said: “The pace of working life – which naturally varies from day to day and week to week – also plays a significant role in determining if we feel overworked and if our work-life balance is right. In theory, your contracted hours should represent the amount of time that your employer has deemed necessary to complete your job, therefore, ideally, you wouldn’t be working significantly longer than those hours, and certainly not on a regular basis.”

*https://merchantmachine.co.uk/hardest-working-industries

The data for the survey was sourced from the Office for National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).

Published On: 15/10/2020 14:06:37

 

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