Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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WORKING OVERTIME DURING A NORMAL WORKING WEEK
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
43% 43%
36%
39% 39%
Question 63: Do you work overtime during a normal working week (i.e. working time which lasts over legitimately
and/or by the employment contract fixed working time)?
35%
Men Women All
34%
23%
LATVIA LITHUANIA ESTONIA
In all the Baltic countries, overtime is clearly more common in the private than
the public sector. This was reflected already above in the discussion on lengths
of the working week. Also in the number of hours' overtime worked, there are
differences of the same magnitude between the private and public sector - that
is, the generality and quantity of overtime are greater in the private than the
public sector.
How many hours of overtime per week on average?
(only those who work overtime, means)
Men Women All
Latvia 11.7 9.7 10.7
Lithuania 10.6 7.7 9.2
Estonia 10.8 7.8 9.5
When looking only at those employees who work overtime, a rather uniform
picture emerges. Generally speaking, those working overtime do it to a considerable
extent. According to their own statement, men who do overtime exceed
their agreed working hours by more than ten hours per week on average
in all the Baltic countries (in Latvia, by almost 12 hours). In Estonia and
28%