Blog entries tagged with work+hours
Blog Entries | January 11, 2012
Are we working too much?
posted by Diana Gibson
As a province that works amongst the highest number of hours in a nation that works amongst the highest number of hours in the OECD, Alberta needs to take stock. A new report from the New Economics Foundation lays out a very bold and ambitious vision.
Tagged with: labour | work hours
Blog Entries | April 20, 2011
Hard work, little leisure - something to be proud of?
posted by Diana Gibson
...Alberta has a much longer work week and has less paid holidays and vacation entitlements than most other developed economies (two weeks minimum vacation compared to six weeks for the EU). Albertans work 1,880 hours per year, the highest in Canada. Albertans worked 7.5 weeks more than average in the top 15 countries in the OECD...
Tagged with: quality of life | work hours
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