In addition, average work week data showed an increase of six minutes per worker (0.7%).
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Since September, as unemployment has jumped three percentage points, the average work week has shrunk (see chart 2) and hourly wage growth has slowed sharply to 3.1%.
For many Americans, who now work an average 47 hour work-week, the prospect of taking vacation days can be daunting.
They average 58 hours of work a week, and almost a third are on call on Sundays.
The author cites a study by Microsoft stating that people work an average of 45 hours per week, but of those, 16 hours are unproductive.
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Outside the home, husbands spent an average 33.8 hours a week on paid work, compared with 19.7 hours for wives.
New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that employees who work from home hoping to take it easy (or save on gas as the case may be) work an average of five to seven extra hours a week.
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Work sharing played a crucial role in Rhode Island in the recent recession: an average of over 4, 000 people per week claimed benefits under work sharing programs in the state during 2009, preventing unemployment from rising even higher.
Meanwhile, she says less than 5% of families employ a nanny, and mothers do an average 18 more hours a week of housework than fathers, not including mental work like keeping track of appointments, documents and clothing sizes.
European Commission figures for 2008-10 show that Britons work the longest hours in Europe, clocking up an average of 42 hours a week.
Employment law states workers can work more than 48 hours in one week, as long as the average over 17 weeks is less than 48 hours per week.
Since 1965 average work time (defined to include commuting) has fallen from 34 to 33 hours a week.
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