Location Asset: Working Time
Working in Brandenburg
A skilled and highly motivated workforce is available in Brandenburg. The annual working time is clearly longer here than in other German regions.
Standard weekly working time in Eastern and Western Germany
Working time
The standard weekly working time is clearly longer in Eastern than in Western Germany.
Annual working time in Germany
Working time in comparison
In Brandenburg, people work annually about 69 hours more than the national average.
International comparison of standard weekly working time
Weekly working time in Europe
International comparison of the annual strike and lockout days (per 1,000 employees)
From 2007 to 2015, for example, France recorded an annual average of 117 days lost to strikes for every 1,000 employees; Denmark lost 119 days, whilst Norway lost 55 days.
In Germany, the number of working days lost to strikes during the same period averaged only 16 days annually.