Poles spending less time on the job yet earning more
Although most Poles are of the opinion that they work too much, on average, Polish citizens spend less time at work than the citizens of 11 others European Union countries.
According to a report issued by the EU agency Eurofund, an average Pole employed on a full time basis spent 40 hours and 24 minutes at work weekly during the last three months of last year, 42 minutes less than the 2006 average. Within a year's time, Poland has fallen from the fifth to the 12th position in the EU. Not only do the citizens of poorer countries, such as Bulgaria or Romania, spend more time at work, so do those of wealthy nations, such as the British, Germans and Austrians.
According to experts, the fact that wages grew on average by 8 percent last year caused many people to stop working overtime.
Source: Rzeczpospolita (A.K.)
According to a report issued by the EU agency Eurofund, an average Pole employed on a full time basis spent 40 hours and 24 minutes at work weekly during the last three months of last year, 42 minutes less than the 2006 average. Within a year's time, Poland has fallen from the fifth to the 12th position in the EU. Not only do the citizens of poorer countries, such as Bulgaria or Romania, spend more time at work, so do those of wealthy nations, such as the British, Germans and Austrians.
According to experts, the fact that wages grew on average by 8 percent last year caused many people to stop working overtime.
Source: Rzeczpospolita (A.K.)
