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helicopter-redeye
26th Nov 2004, 16:14
Now, this UNO survey, from my own happy experiences of working down under, I do NOT believe.

Surely this is just sorted alphabetically .....

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Australians working longer 22 November 2004

In a report by the think-tank, Australia Institute, supported by surveys from the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency, Australians top the table for working the longest number of hours per person per year in the developed world.

Australians are becoming a nation of workaholics and no longer take off early on a Friday to have a long weekend nor do they have long weekday lunches. Here is the full list:

Hours worked per person per year

1,855 Australia
1,835 United States
1,821 Japan
1,817 New Zealand
1,767 Canada
1,730 Finland
1,708 UK
1,690 Ireland
1,625 Sweden
1,622 Italy
1,590 France
1,568 Switzerland
1,530 Belgium
1,504 Denmark
1,482 Germany
1,381 The Netherlands
1,376 Norway


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SASless
26th Nov 2004, 16:24
Imagine that....Italians working more than the French....and more than the Germans!

helicopter-redeye
26th Nov 2004, 16:37
I wonder if the UNO picked a strange industry to base the sample on. Not cod fishing, clearly ...

:8 :E

belly tank
26th Nov 2004, 20:04
I notice our New Zullund freeends are up there to on the study!!

Good to see the kiwi working on other things than sheep!!