9 Countries Where Employees Work The Least

By siliconindia  |   Friday, 31 January 2014, 20:22 IST   |    1 Comments
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Switzerland
Average Hours Per Week: 35 Hrs
Average Annual Wages: $50,000
The workforce in Switzerland is one of the happiest in the world, and this is for a reason. Though an average Swiss worker earns nearly the same as the average worker in the U.S., there is a massive difference in the working hours. They work nearly 155 hours less each year, than compared to the workers in the most developed economies across the globe.
A whopping one third of workforce is on part-time schedules and nearly 79 percent of the country's working-age population is employed. These numbers are the highest among any industrialized economy in the world.
Germany
Average Hours Per Week: 35 Hrs
Average Annual Wages: $40,000
Every year since 2007, workers in Germany are on the lower side of working hours. And the possible reason behind this number is that a major chunk of the workforce in the country either opts for temporary or part-time work. Those associated with permanent or full-time positions also seems to have significant higher time, than compared to the rest of the world. An average German is believed to have more than 15 hours a day devoted to leisure. Also the pro-employee government which has introduced several laws that safeguards employee interests has been a boon to the workforce of this country.
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