From Monday to Friday
The working week consists of five working days – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays and Friday. But this schedule may vary in dependence on the work, responsibilities, working place of a person.
Some offices and companies work all the week round because their industry requires the all day round work, in such was people work in shifts, that sometimes include work at night.
Usually the Law regulates the number of working hours for a work, and employer has no right to increase the number of working hours.
Among countries of the world South Korea is the country where the number of working hours per week is the biggest. According to statistics the average citizen of this country works 9 hours per day that makes 2390 hours per year. In the countries of the European Union people work 1750 hours per year. So the work of the citizen of South Korea starts at 8 a.m. and he/she works till 7 p.m., and sometimes even longer. Besides, Saturday is also the working day in some companies. But the Parliament passed the law according to which big corporations had to have 5-days working week.
The problem of increase of working hours is very important nowadays, as thanks to the countries of Asia, the process of increase of the number of working hours has started. Some people even die because of the stress, the lack of rest and hard work just at their working places. For example, the prime-minister of Japan died because of the stress at work in 2000.
In the European Union people don't work more than 48 hours a day. In Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Norway the official working week shouldn't include more than 40 hours.
In France the working week was only 35 working hours, but recently 13 hours of overtime period were added to the working week. But the schedule can't exceed this norm. But in Great Britain the working week may make 60 working hours.
It is interesting to know that according to statistics, men have twice more overtime work than women. Usually the compensation is given to people for overwork.
Another problem is that people don't take the necessary rest not because they are obliged but because they are afraid to fall into disfavour of the chief or simply can't leave the work. For example, only 44% of British citizens have full-fledged rest and holiday. Besides, a lot of people work at home. That is why people work much more time than they suspect.
Even the technological progress of the 21st century can't save workaholics. For example, lunch break lasts only 30 minutes instead of the hour and people usually spend it at working place. That is why the problem of working day is especially important, as human organism can't effort such workload. According to doctors a person may effort only 50 working hours a week and not more.
But health is not the only problem of workaholics. Problems in the family, payment, friends, holidays and rest are forgotten by workaholics who think only about their work.