Britons work 2hrs more a week than most European countries. The only countries that work more then Briton are Germany, Bulgaria and Romania. According to Eurofound’s European Industrial Relations Observatory, Britons work an average 41.4 hours every week while the lowest working countries such as France, Italy and Denmark work 37.9 hours a week.

The average European country works 39.6 hours and with an average of 25.2 days of annual leave. The British only get an average of 24.6 paid leave days per year. UK workers are far off from the Swedes, where paid leave is the longest in Europe at 33 days.

New Zealand and Australia are not too far off the mark from Briton working 39 hours (NZ) and 38.2 (AU), which is more than the Average European Country. New Zealand typical paid leave is an average of 25 days while Australia has an average of 20 days paid leave.

We all know that the Japaneese (work 50hrs) followed by US (work 42hrs) the longest hours and have the shortest amount of paid leave with an average of 10 days.

With such long working hours do you think there is much worklife balance in London, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Japan? Please share your comments by clicking on the comments button.