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Swiss Statistics

Employment and workweek – IndicatorsEmployed persons - Atypical working hours

On-call work according to gender

2011, yearly averages, permanent resident population, in '000 and in %
  In '000 In %
  TotalMenWomen TotalMenWomen
No on-call work329417711523 959694
On-call work17269103 546
 Of which:       
 Minimum no. of hours guaranteed783444 223
 Minimum no. of hours not guaranteed933459 324
Total on-call workers (excl. apprentices)346618401626 100100100
Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), SFSO

Atypical working hours according to gender

2011, yearly averages, permanent resident population, in '000
 TotalMenWomen
Work on Sunday   
Normally464242222
Occasionally (paid)360183177
Occasionally (unpaid) *20313667
Never311516921424
Work on Saturday   
Normally898445453
Occasionally (paid)597337260
Occasionally (unpaid) *27818791
Never236812831085
Work in the evenings   
Normally703367337
Occasionally1014634380
Never242512521173
Work at night   
Normalement23514491
Occasionally33924297
Never356918671701
Shift work   
Work in shifts540267273
Do not work in shifts290915651343
No indication/do not know1889
* Working hours are not accounted for as overtime or normal working hours (incl. the self-employed who occasionally work over the weekend).

Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), SFSO
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Last updated: 15.05.2012
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