But, when it came to collectively agreed hours, the UK was more or less on par with the EU15 average of 37.6.
Surprisingly there are three countries where the amount of time spent working is lower than the average for collectively agreed hours: Ireland, Malta and Hungary.
"What happens in reality, however, for mums returning to part-time roles is that they often work beyond agreed hours, checking emails in the evening and fielding calls out of hours, so managing personal boundaries around family and work can be challenging.
She arrived at his downtown loft at the agreed hour and was told that Basquiat was busy.
The next night, when I booted up my Mac at the agreed hour and signed on to AOL, a tiny window popped up so my friend could say, "Hey".
If the power has to be transported from the Nordic power system to the continental European power system or vice versa, the difference in power exchange ramping might lead to a power imbalance in Danish power system at an agreed hour.
Getting good photographs of birds, Ms. Saphir agreed, "takes hours and hours and days and months".
Many agree TA hours are the accepted currency of support and provision is often quantified in terms of TA hours.
Speaker Martin declined to say, prompting claims (unconfirmed) that Jack's mobile is famously switched off during a recess, one of which began - no coincidence, MPs agree - hours before the raids.
He added: "It doesn't mean there won't be in the future, but we have worked with the managers and the staff to agree the hours.
Weekly hours were derived from the contractual weekly hours for employees with agreed working hours in their employment contract and from the usual weekly working hours for all other categories.
