Agriculture has longest working hours in the EU – study

Agriculture has longest working hours in the EU – study

Agriculture has longer working hours than any other sector in the EU, including mining and construction. A recent study has found that the longest average working weeks are in agriculture, forestry and fishing (each with an average of 41.2 hours per week). This was followed by mining and quarrying (38.9 hours) and construction (38.6 hours). By contrast, the shortest average working weeks were observed in activities of households as employers (27…