You know, those ones that rise up as an incantation in Guardian not-think pieces? Analysis of the most recent time use survey for Britain — which includes the unemployed and “homemakers” as well as working couples — shows that women work an average of five hours 55 minutes a day on employment and chores, compared

In her first counterblast Laurie says: In recent years, both men and women have found that their working hours have increased In the next paragraph she says: Men do work longer hours in many industries – but only if you subscribe to the view that paid work is the only work that counts. Women’s unpaid

So the European Parliament has voted that people shall not be allowed to work in the legitimate market economy for more than 48 hours a week. Not, that is, if they are an employee. The European Parliament has voted to force Britain to remove its controversial opt-out from the EU’s weekly limit on working hours, striking a

Their latest report. Many people work longer hours than 30 years ago. Since 1981 two-adult households have added six hours – nearly a whole working day – to their combined weekly workload. No they haven’t. This is simply a lie. Leisure hours have risen: so working hours must have fallen. And to think, our tax money

REFUSE collectors in Copeland will go on strike next Tuesday in a dispute over working hours. The walk out is planned to hit Copeland Council hard, coming the day after the bank holiday, when most households will be expecting their fortnightly rubbish collection. The action was announced after talks broke down over arrangements for working a 37-hour week.

Working shorter hours could reduce the burden our lifestyles impose on the environment while offering solutions to the mass unemployment caused by the economic crisis, according to new research.

The government suffered a defeat yesterday when the European parliament voted to scrap 15 years of special treatment that has allowed the British to work the longest hours in the EU. By a much bigger margin than expected, the parliament decided that opt-outs from the EU's working time directive, setting the maximum working week at 48 hours, should be abolished. The vote was a blow to the gove...

Published in the last twenty-four hours in The Metro: Working long hours damages the brain We work some of the longest hours in Europe but while staying late should make the boss happy it increases the risk of dementia later in life. The stress and exhaustion of working overtime can harm the brain's ability to process information, a study suggests. Middle-aged workers putting in 55 hours or m...

MOTION PASSED AT GREEN PARTY CONFERENCE 6/9/2008 "British people work some of the longest hours in Europe, with some 3.6 million people regularly working more than 48 hours a week, yet 7 out of 10 people working over 48 hours per week say they would like to work fewer hours. For many however this...

More than five million people are working unpaid overtime in the UK Unpaid overtime working is now up to a record value of £26.9bn annually, taking the TUC's Work Your Proper Hours Day 2009 up to 27 February. Fear of job loss in the downturn is contributing to this increase, but it may be...