The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)has found that Britain is starting to return to its former long working hours culture.
During the recession, there was a sharp shift towards shorter working hours,
part-time and
temporary employment, with employees opting to work shorter hours rather than face redundancy.
The result was a 32 million hour decrease in the number of hours worked each week, causing a severe decrease in productivity.
Since last summer there has been a gradual increase in the number of people working longer hours, suggesting that full-time employment trends are on the up.
John Philpott, the chief economic adviser for the CIPD, called the fall of working hours during the recession “a forced detox for Britain’s workaholics…who will be eager to start putting in the hours again once the economic recovery gathers steam.”
The CIPD also commented that employers should protect their employees from overwork.
Britain’s ‘long’ working week of 45 hours or more is still significantly less than those worked in Australia, Japan and the USA.
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