{"id":1931029,"date":"2026-05-12T08:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1931029"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:03:10","slug":"where-in-europe-do-employees-work-the-most-on-weekends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1931029","title":{"rendered":"Where in Europe do employees work the most on weekends?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/75\/38\/04\/1200x675_cmsv2_bdbc97b4-e08a-519f-8598-8a55b7ca4ef0-9753804.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2893160-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2893160\" data-cid=\"9755767\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2893160-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/75\/57\/67\/189x106_cmsv2_45eac9e0-9b26-573d-b54e-c524ea87dfc7-9755767.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A French solider watches code lines on his computer at the defence ministry, 23 January, 2018 \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Germany plans &#8216;active cyberdefence&#8217; 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most likely to be shifted on weekends. Which countries have been trialling the four-day working week?<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people across Europe don&#8217;t get to treat the weekend as downtime.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than one in five workers across Europe \u2014 21.3% \u2014 are regularly shifted on Saturdays and Sundays, according to the latest Eurostat data.<\/p>\n<p>And in some countries, the average is well above that, especially across the Balkans and the Mediterranean. <\/p>\n<p>In Greece, a striking 41% of employees and self-employed workers are active on the weekend, 33% in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and 32% Malta, Cyprus and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the continent&#8217;s north and east show much lower rates. In Lithuania, only 4% of workers work on weekends, as do 7% in Hungary and 7.5% in Poland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Which European countries have the best salaries after taxes?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably not a huge surprise that business owners get fewer weekends off than employees: 46% of them need to be on the job compared to 18.5% of employees.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to employees only, Greece, Cyprus, and North Macedonia remain in the top spots with rates above 30%, followed by Switzerland and Malta, just below at 29%.<\/p>\n<p>On the self-employed\/employers&#8217; front, Greece again shows the highest rate with an astonishing 75%. The picture changes slightly in the lower spots, occupied here by Belgium (66%) and France (60%).<\/p>\n<p>Working often on weekends doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean working more overall. In Greece&#8217;s case, however, the numbers are consistent with <strong>other Eurostat data<\/strong> showing Greeks tend to work more hours than anyone else in the EU.<\/p>\n<h2>In which working sector is it most likely to work on weekends?<\/h2>\n<p>Working shifts also largely depend on the job sector.<\/p>\n<p>For example, nearly half of all service and sales workers (47.6%) regularly work weekends, as do people in agriculture, forestry and fishing (47.2%).<\/p>\n<p>That is also the norm for many people in so-called &#8220;elementary occupations&#8221; (25.7%), meaning routine manual jobs that often involve considerable physical effort.<\/p>\n<h2>Which countries have been trialling the four-day work week?<\/h2>\n<p>The current trend in Europe seems to be more about compressing the working week rather than extending it. <\/p>\n<p>The latest country to try this out was Poland, a fast-growing economy which has also been grappling with <strong>burnout issues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In summer 2025, it launched a pilot project aiming to reduce the working week from 39 hours to 35, with no pay cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Employees could choose between three options: working six hours a day, getting a three-day weekend or having extra vacation days. <\/p>\n<p>The experiment, launched by the Labour Ministry across 90 public and private workplaces and 5,000 employees, is to be assessed in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Each participating workplace was compensated with up to \u20ac210,000 to help cover any rota disruption caused by the reduced working schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Other European countries that trialled four-day working weeks were the UK, Germany, Portugal, Iceland, France and Spain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  As job scams rise in Europe, are recruiters becoming more transparent about vacancies?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Jack of all trades? 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Here&#8217;s what could happen<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2892550-pos4-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2892550\" data-cid=\"9753045\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Iraqi shepherd uncovers secret Israeli military base in desert<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2893026-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2893026\" data-cid=\"9755043\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Hantavirus outbreak latest: Spain confirms one new case<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Hundreds of thousands of people across Europe don&#8217;t get to treat the weekend as downtime.More than one in five workers across Europe \u2014 21.3% \u2014 are regularly shifted on Saturdays and Sundays, according to the latest Eurostat data.And in some countries, the average is well above that, especially across the Balkans and the Mediterranean.In Greece, a striking 41% of employees and self-employed workers are active on the weekend, 33% in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and 32% Malta, Cyprus and North Macedonia.At the same time, the continent&#8217;s north and east show much lower rates. In Lithuania, only 4% of workers work on weekends, as do 7% in Hungary and 7.5% in Poland.It&#8217;s probably not a huge surprise that business owners get fewer weekends off than employees: 46% of them need to be on the job compared to 18.5% of employees.When it comes to employees only, Greece, Cyprus, and North Macedonia remain in the top spots with rates above 30%, followed by Switzerland and Malta, just below at 29%.On the self-employed\/employers&#8217; front, Greece again shows the highest rate with an astonishing 75%. The picture changes slightly in the lower spots, occupied here by Belgium (66%) and France (60%).Working often on weekends doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean working more overall. In Greece&#8217;s case, however, the numbers are consistent with other Eurostat data showing Greeks tend to work more hours than anyone else in the EU.In which working sector is it most likely to work on weekends?Working shifts also largely depend on the job sector.For example, nearly half of all service and sales workers (47.6%) regularly work weekends, as do people in agriculture, forestry and fishing (47.2%).That is also the norm for many people in so-called &#8220;elementary occupations&#8221; (25.7%), meaning routine manual jobs that often involve considerable physical effort.Which countries have been trialling the four-day work week?The current trend in Europe seems to be more about compressing the working week rather than extending it.The latest country to try this out was Poland, a fast-growing economy which has also been grappling with burnout issues.In summer 2025, it launched a pilot project aiming to reduce the working week from 39 hours to 35, with no pay cuts.Employees could choose between three options: working six hours a day, getting a three-day weekend or having extra vacation days.The experiment, launched by the Labour Ministry across 90 public and private workplaces and 5,000 employees, is to be assessed in 2027.Each participating workplace was compensated with up to \u20ac210,000 to help cover any rota disruption caused by the reduced working schedule.Other European countries that trialled four-day working weeks were the UK, Germany, Portugal, Iceland, France and Spain.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/05\/12\/where-in-europe-do-employees-work-the-most-on-weekends&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/75\/38\/04\/1200x675_cmsv2_bdbc97b4-e08a-519f-8598-8a55b7ca4ef0-9753804.jpg&#8221;] Europe News Germany plans &#8216;active cyberdefence&#8217; as online attacks rise Qatar Qatar warns Iran against weaponising Hormuz to &#8216;blackmail&#8217; Gulf states Road To Final preparations ramp up ahead of WUF13 In partnership with World Urban Forum Europe Today Food prices could spike, if nothing done to tackle fertilizer crisis Europe News Germany [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-1931029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1931029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1931029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1931029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1931029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}