According to this study, a British employee works 3,8 hours (3 hours and 48 minutes) extra each week, compared to the provisions of his employment contract. It is the equivalent of 25 working days per year and it represents an average 80.000 of pounds of salary which sometimes isn’t paid throughout the career (about 116.000 euros).
Men do more overtime than women: 4,2 years for men and 2,6 years for women. However, many women are not paid for their overtime. Two thirds of women and half of...