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FILIPINOS HAVE been working longer hours on average, indicating a greater need for overtime pay and an increase in the amount of work that needs to be done.
Workers ARE spending more than an hour in excess of the standard 40-hour workweek, data from the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics showed. The Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) placed the mean number of working hours at 41.2 a week, based on 2009 figures.
This is longer than the standard 40 hours of work in a week.
The data also showed that 39% of the 35.06 million working Filipinos that year (13.66 million in absolute terms) logged 40 to 48 hours of work in a week, while 22.5% or more than 7.88 million exceeded 48 hours.
“Overtime pay and the volume of work are the two main reasons why most Filipinos extend their average working hours,” said Juan Paolo R. Rivera, economist at De La Salle University.
“Most do overtime work to augment their current salaries, while others simply go over the allotted time due to the amount of work that needs to be finished,” he added.
He added that some firms require employees to extend their working hours to accommodate specific clients.
It is also possible that the Filipino tendency to extend lunch breaks or take afternoon naps is creating a false need to work for more than eight hours a day, Mr. Rivera said.
Official figures from 2006 to 2008 showed that more than 60% of Filipinos with jobs had worked for 40 hours or more in a week.
Still, there were 12.95 million Filipinos working part-time or less than 40 hours a week in 2009. Nearly a quarter of them logged 20 to 29 work hours per week, while 8.8% spent 10 to 19 hours at work.
A total of 30,000 worked for only an hour per week. More than half of them were self-employed, while 35.1% were in managerial and supervisory positions. -- MJMV
The data also showed that 39% of the 35.06 million working Filipinos that year (13.66 million in absolute terms) logged 40 to 48 hours of work in a week, while 22.5% or more than 7.88 million exceeded 48 hours.
“Overtime pay and the volume of work are the two main reasons why most Filipinos extend their average working hours,” said Juan Paolo R. Rivera, economist at De La Salle University.
“Most do overtime work to augment their current salaries, while others simply go over the allotted time due to the amount of work that needs to be finished,” he added.
He added that some firms require employees to extend their working hours to accommodate specific clients.
It is also possible that the Filipino tendency to extend lunch breaks or take afternoon naps is creating a false need to work for more than eight hours a day, Mr. Rivera said.
Official figures from 2006 to 2008 showed that more than 60% of Filipinos with jobs had worked for 40 hours or more in a week.
Still, there were 12.95 million Filipinos working part-time or less than 40 hours a week in 2009. Nearly a quarter of them logged 20 to 29 work hours per week, while 8.8% spent 10 to 19 hours at work.
A total of 30,000 worked for only an hour per week. More than half of them were self-employed, while 35.1% were in managerial and supervisory positions. -- MJMV
*This is indeed a good indicator that Filipinos are levelling with their work habits as well.
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