Unions are asking employees not to be zealous, next Friday, to take a long lunch break, and to leave their office early, as part of a campaign entitled "Work your proper hours Day". It is their way of protesting against unpaid extra hours, very common in Great Britain, where the long day culture is prevailing, oftentimes at the expense of productivity. (Ref. 070164)
The date was not chosen randomly : February 23 is the first day of the year, according to the British union confederation TUC’s calculations, where the average employee finishes working for free for his or her employer, by taking into account the annual amount of extra hours worked but not paid. Indeed, British employees would work an extra 7 hours and six minutes a week on average, that is to say a shortfall of 7,200 euros a year. Instead, employers would save 23 million pounds (approximatel
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