Over 7.8 billion hours worked in 2017

Neuchâtel, 24.05.2018 - (FSO) – In 2017, hours worked totalled 7.861 billion. According to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), between 2012 and 2017, the actual weekly hours worked by full-time employees declined by 15 minutes on average and stood at 41 hours and 7 minutes, whereas the number of weeks of annual holiday continued its gradual increase to 5.14 weeks.

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Address for enquiries

Rongfang Li, FSO, Labour Force Section, +41 58 463 64 86, rongfang.Li@bfs.admin.ch



Publisher

Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch

https://www.admin.ch/content/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-70850.html