{"id":108146,"date":"2025-10-08T06:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/108146\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T06:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:10:15","slug":"10-8-employees-worked-45-hours-per-week-in-q2-2025-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/108146\/","title":{"rendered":"10.8% employees worked 45+ hours per week in Q2 2025 – News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the second quarter of 2025, 10.8% of employed people aged 20-64 in the EU<\/a> worked more than 45 hours per week in their main and second job combined. This article presents the most recent quarterly data<\/a> published by Eurostat today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Data show noticeable differences across EU countries for those who worked more than 45 hours per week. The highest proportion was observed in Greece (20.9%), followed by Cyprus (16.6%) and Malta (14.6%). On the other hand, it was the lowest in Bulgaria (2.5%), Latvia (4.1%) and Romania (5.9%).
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Source dataset: lfsi_hwa_q<\/a><\/p>\n

Working time between 20 and 44 hours per week \u2013 combining main and second jobs \u2013 was the most popular in the EU, with 72.3% of all employed individuals falling into this category. Among EU countries, Bulgaria (92.8%), Romania (90.6%) and Latvia (86.9%) registered the highest proportions of people in this category.<\/p>\n

At EU level, 16.9% of employed people aged 20-64 worked up to 19 hours per week. The highest shares in this category were observed in the Netherlands (26.8%), Denmark (25.5%) and Austria (25.3%). In contrast, this category was the smallest in Romania (3.5%), Bulgaria (4.6%) and Greece (6.1%). \u00a0<\/p>\n

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