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Comparison of average yearly number of hours worked by country
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#1   	Australia:   			1,814    	
#2   	Japan: 			1,801   	
#3   	United States: 		1,792   	
#4   	Canada: 			1,718   	
#5   	United Kingdom: 		1,673   	
#6   	Italy: 			1,591   	
#7   	Sweden: 			1,564   	
#8   	France: 			1,453   	
#9   	Norway: 			1,337  
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Yearly totals can be unhelpful though, because of variations in vacation time. so..
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Comparison of percentage of workers working over 40 hours per week
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#1    	Japan:   			75.9%   	
#2   	United States: 		67.6%  	
#3   	Switzerland: 			66.9%  	
#4   	New Zealand: 		65.4%  	
#5   	Italy: 			63.8%  	
#6   	Sweden: 			61.5%  	
#7   	Austria: 			57.6%  	
#8   	Canada: 			54.7%  	
#9   	United Kingdom: 		49.8%  	
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Some countries legislate to prevent people working too many hours. the EU has a 'Working Time Directive' passed in 1993 limiting the working week to 48 hours and insisting on a minimum rest period of 11 hour in any 24 hour period. France has stricter legislation, but the UK has the ability for it's workers to 'opt-out' of the clause.

