7.9 billion hours worked in 2019

Neuchâtel, 12.05.2020 - In 2019, people spent 7.929 billion hours working. Between 2014 and 2019, the actual weekly hours worked by full-time employees fell by 15 minutes on average, reaching 41 hours and 2 minutes. At the same time, the number of weeks of annual holiday continued its gradual increase to 5.2 weeks, according to the latest results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below).


Address for enquiries

Rongfang Li, FSO, Labour Force section, tel.: +41 58 463 64 86, e-mail: 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-79058.html