In the course of the second quarter of 2021, Cypriot workers aged 20-64 labored 5.8% extra hours of their important job, in contrast with the primary quarter.
In keeping with knowledge launched by Eurostat yesterday, the largest improve, 18% was recorded in Greece. Then we’ve Slovakia with 12.4%, Eire with 10.8%, and Portugal with 10.2%.
Then again, in some international locations working hours have been decreased, like for instance in Belgium, -3.6% and the Netherlands -2.8%.
As Eurostat identified, through the first semester, working hours had been affected by the pandemic and the measures that had been applied to face it. In the course of the second semester, the comfort of the restrictive measures introduced extra working hours in a number of international locations.
Usually, on the degree of the European Union, workers aged 20-64 labored 3% extra.
In Cyprus, the variety of hours labored elevated probably the most within the lodge and meals providers sector, the place we see a rise of 122.7%.