Poles are busy almost like the Greeks – Interia

In the European Union the most time at work is spent in Greece – according to a Monday report from the European Commission. It is also the country with the highest unemployment rate in the European Union. Others among the busiest are Poles.

The Poles are almost as busy as the Greeks

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According to the Eurostat data taking into account both the full-time employed and self-employed average working time in the main job in Greece is 43.9 hours. per week, and in Poland – 42.5 hours.

The least time spent at work Finns and French. Their average working time is 39.5 hours. week.

“Unemployment in the EU and most Member States have declined from high levels,” – said in a quarterly report to the European Commission, published on Monday. The data show that the work is not about 23.9 million people in the EU.

The Commission notes that in the third quarter of 2014. For the first time since 2009. Long-term unemployment rate decreased, the percentage of people who are without a job for more than a year.

” Still, about half of the unemployed in the EU, which is approx. 12.4 million people are out of work for a year or longer, and of these, over 6 million more than two years, “- noted in the report.

With the current Eurostat data show that the unemployment rate in Greece is 26.0 per cent. On the other hand, in Poland, the unemployment rate is 7.8 percent. to 9.8 percent of the EU average. The average unemployment rate in the euro area is 11.3 percent. The lowest unemployment rate in the EU is in Denmark (4.9 per cent.), Austria (5.3 percent.), The Czech Republic and the United Kingdom (5.5 percent.).