Working Time Report Germany - Overview of Duration, Location and Flexibility of Working Time

On average, German employees work 38.4 hours per week. The majority of employees would like to reduce their working hours, and about half of them want to work fewer than 5 days a week. 39 percent of employees regularly work on weekends. At the same time, the opportunities for many employees to organize their working hours flexibly have increased significantly. These and other results of the BAuA-Working Time Survey 2021 are presented in the current Working Time Report Germany.

English translation. German original version available: doi:10.21934/baua:berichtkompakt20230116

Bibliographic information

Title:  Working Time Report Germany - Overview of Duration, Location and Flexibility of Working Time. 

Written by:  N. Backhaus, J. Nold, L. Vieten

in: baua: Report brief 1. edition.  Dortmund:  Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, 2023.  pages: 3, Project number: F 2507, PDF file, DOI: 10.21934/baua:reportbrief20230117

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Working Time Report Germany: Results of the BAuA-Working Time Survey 2021

baua: Report 2023

(in German)

Working time is not only a key factor for safety and health at work, but also largely determines when and how much time we have for recovery, leisure, and private life. Due to changes in the world of work, not least accelerated by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, working time arrangements have repeatedly …

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Research Project

Project numberF 2507 StatusCompleted Project Working time reporting in Germany: Scientific analyses of the BAuA working time survey on current topics

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