Politics · France · 12 hrs ago
One-third of French employees regularly work beyond their usual hours
A study found that one-third of employees in France regularly work beyond their usual hours.
The findings draw on responses from 30,000 employees collected between 2019 and 2023 by Evrest, a workplace health and relations observatory.
The study was published on 29 October by France’s Centre for Employment and Labour Studies.
Managers were especially likely to work extra hours, with about 60% doing so.
Employees already work an average of 38.9 hours a week, and the study found that workers across occupations are affected.
The findings point to pressure on employees to keep working and difficulty switching off.
The data do not show whether extra hours are compensated with pay or time off.
About one-third of French employees regularly work beyond their usual hours, according to a study based on data from 30,000 workers.
The study used responses collected between 2019 and 2023 by the Evrest workplace health observatory.
Around 60% of executives said they regularly exceeded their usual hours, compared with more than 40% of respondents born in the 1970s and 1980s.
The researchers said the data do not show whether extra hours were compensated with pay or time off.
The findings point to challenges in limiting work intensification and enforcing the right to disconnect.
- Who
- French employees; the study found that executives were especially likely to work beyond their usual hours.
- What
- A study found that about one-third regularly exceed their usual working hours.
- When
- The data were collected between 2019 and 2023; the research article was published on 29 October.
- Where
- France.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Edouard Philippe said on TF1 that working more was necessary to earn more.
The research article by the Centre for Employment and Labour Studies was published.
The Evrest observatory collected data from 30,000 employees for the study.
An Insee study found that 38% of executives worked at least one evening after 20:00 over a four-week period.
- Study sample
- 30,000 employees
- Data period
- 2019–2023
- Employees exceeding usual hours
- About one-third
- Executives exceeding usual hours
- 60%
- Average weekly working time
- 38.9 hours
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What people are saying
Cela correspond à ce qu’on constate toujours quand on s’intéresse à l’intensification du travail, les quadragénaires sont souvent ceux qui travaillent le plus, là-dessus il n’y a pas de surprise
Parfois, la personne n’arrive pas à s’arrêter, il faut lui dire de lâcher son ordinateur, que l’on n’attend pas d’elle d’être connectée ou de rendre un document dans la nuit
cela demande de la pédagogie, et les manageurs doivent être à l’écoute des situations de surcharge