IDS surveys hours and holiday entitlement

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IDS surveys hours and holiday entitlement

While those working in the predominantly white-collar finance sector have the lowest basic working week averaging just over 35 hours, in industries with a high density of manual employees the average working week can be 38 hours or more, according to a large-scale survey by pay analysts Incomes Data Services.

If anything, the differences between industry sectors are greater when it comes to holiday entitlement. The IDS survey shows a spread from an average of over 22 days in hotels and leisure to 26.5 days in mining and quarrying.

Across the whole sample, the average full-time standard working week is 37.2 hours and the average holiday entitlement is 24.5 days a year.

What you will find in this report

Spread across 61 pages, the 2002 edition of this annual research:

sets out the current basic working hours and holiday entitlements for manual and white-collar staff

contains information on 1,150 employee groups

provides details from over 500 named organisations and industry-wide agreements

presents information by industrial sector, with recent changes highlighted

includes a summary table comparing working time across the European Union.

Want to know more?

Title: "Hours and holidays", IDS Study 736, September 2002.

Availability: Contact customer services at Incomes Data Services in London, tel: 020 7324 2599, or email sales@incomesdata.co.uk.

Incomes Data Services is an independent research organisation providing information and analysis on pay and conditions, pensions, employment law and personnel policy and practice in the UK and the rest of Europe.

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Posted 17 September 2002