Hours & Holidays
Breakdown of basic weekly hours by sector and industry
less 35+ 37 38 39 40 than to to to to and 35 35 36+ 37+ 38+ 39+ over % % % % % % %all sectors
1 9 6 39 9 25 10 8 5 4 41 8 25 9manual
0 4 4 34 12 33 13 0 1 4 41 11 36 7private manual
0 3 4 34 12 33 13 0 1 7 17 11 61 3public manual
0 8 5 33 10 31 13 0 1 1 69 11 7 11non-manual
5 22 11 50 4 6 2 24 12 5 42 * 3 14private non-manual
5 32 10 37 5 10 1 2 55 11 19 2 9 *public non-manual
4 15 12 60 2 2 3 28 4 4 46 * 2 16agriculture1
0 0 0 20 20 60 0 0 0 0 * * 100 0energy and water
0 7 0 79 3 0 10 0 17 0 68 8 0 7mineral and chemicals
0 0 10 45 12 21 11 0 0 2 32 4 50 12metal goods
0 2 6 66 10 14 2 0 * 1 68 15 15 *other manufacturing
0 4 2 24 8 53 9 0 1 2 21 1 72 3construction1
0 0 8 31 23 38 0 0 0 4 8 12 76 0distribution
0 17 10 15 19 37 2 0 3 29 1 24 44 *transport and comms
0 3 2 20 14 37 23 0 1 * 43 4 5 47banking and finance
8 70 3 5 0 3 11 2 93 * * 0 * 4other services
5 14 12 55 3 6 5 14 3 2 60 6 5 10The unshaded figures are by number of agreements while the shaded figures are by the total number of workers covered.
1 small number of large, multi-employer agreements * half a percent or lessBreakdown of basic holidays by sector and industry
below over 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 % % % % % % % %all sectors
1 11 6 8 5 5 34 29 * 5 18 30 4 6 20 17manual
2 13 6 8 7 7 41 17 * 2 21 45 5 7 14 6private manual
2 13 5 7 7 7 43 16 * 2 40 15 7 4 25 7public manual
0 11 8 22 8 8 13 30 0 2 * 80 2 11 1 5non-manual
0 6 7 7 2 3 31 54 0 11 12 4 2 3 32 37private non-manual
0 11 17 11 6 5 31 19 0 15 38 8 13 1 9 15public non-manual1
0 5 1 5 0 1 21 68 0 11 8 6 0 * 41 35agriculture
0 20 40 0 0 0 40 0 0 * 81 0 0 0 19 0energy and water
0 9 14 0 18 4 23 32 0 1 14 0 8 3 30 44mineral and chemicals
0 3 1 4 7 4 54 28 0 2 * 6 13 6 46 27metal goods
0 0 0 2 2 1 77 18 0 0 0 * 3 * 67 30other manufacturing
1 6 4 9 9 12 44 15 * 1 7 14 2 15 45 16construction
0 17 33 17 25 0 8 0 0 5 77 1 9 0 7 0distribution
0 18 18 26 10 10 10 5 0 3 26 52 14 2 2 *transport and comms
6 26 6 7 2 8 24 21 3 8 4 40 * 2 34 10banking and finance
0 15 33 18 12 0 15 6 0 5 47 9 28 0 11 1other services
0 7 1 6 1 3 17 66 0 6 4 40 * 8 18 24The unshaded figures are by number of agreements while the shaded figures are by the total number of workers covered. Basic holidays include customary days but exclude public holidays and service-related
* half a percent or less