A record 5.26 million people worked unpaid overtime last year - the highest since records began in 1992, a TUC analysis of official figures reveals to mark Work Your Proper Hour Day (WYPHD). This analysis found that in 2010 over one in five workers (21%) regularly worked unpaid overtime, an increase of 0.7%points since 2009 and the highest proportion since 1997. The 5.26 million people clocked up an average seven hours 12 minutes unpaid overtime a week, worth UKP 5,485 (€ 6,456) per person and a record UKP 28.9 (€ 34.0) billion to the economy. Public sector workers are the most likely to do unpaid overtime, with over one in four (26.3%) regularly putting in more than seven hours of unpaid overtime a week, compared to around one in six workers in the private sector (18.9%).
English: http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace/tuc-19200-f0.cfm
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