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 9

manual

0 4 4 34 12 33 13 0 1 4 41 11 36 7

private manual

0 3 4 34 12 33 13 0 1 7 17 11 61 3

public manual

0 8 5 33 10 31 13 0 1 1 69 11 7 11

non-manual

5 22 11 50 4 6 2 24 12 5 42 * 3 14

private 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 16

agriculture1

0 0 0 20 20 60 0 0 0 0 * * 100 0

energy and water

0 7 0 79 3 0 10 0 17 0 68 8 0 7

mineral and chemicals

0 0 10 45 12 21 11 0 0 2 32 4 50 12

metal 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 3

construction1

0 0 8 31 23 38 0 0 0 4 8 12 76 0

distribution

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 47

banking and finance

8 70 3 5 0 3 11 2 93 * * 0 * 4

other services

5 14 12 55 3 6 5 14 3 2 60 6 5 10

The 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 less

Breakdown 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 17

manual

2 13 6 8 7 7 41 17 * 2 21 45 5 7 14 6

private manual

2 13 5 7 7 7 43 16 * 2 40 15 7 4 25 7

public manual

0 11 8 22 8 8 13 30 0 2 * 80 2 11 1 5

non-manual

0 6 7 7 2 3 31 54 0 11 12 4 2 3 32 37

private non-manual

0 11 17 11 6 5 31 19 0 15 38 8 13 1 9 15

public non-manual1

0 5 1 5 0 1 21 68 0 11 8 6 0 * 41 35

agriculture

0 20 40 0 0 0 40 0 0 * 81 0 0 0 19 0

energy and water

0 9 14 0 18 4 23 32 0 1 14 0 8 3 30 44

mineral and chemicals

0 3 1 4 7 4 54 28 0 2 * 6 13 6 46 27

metal goods

0 0 0 2 2 1 77 18 0 0 0 * 3 * 67 30

other manufacturing

1 6 4 9 9 12 44 15 * 1 7 14 2 15 45 16

construction

0 17 33 17 25 0 8 0 0 5 77 1 9 0 7 0

distribution

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 10

banking and finance

0 15 33 18 12 0 15 6 0 5 47 9 28 0 11 1

other services

0 7 1 6 1 3 17 66 0 6 4 40 * 8 18 24

The 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