§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current average hours of work of(a) blue collar workers, (b) white collar workers, (c) executives and (d) directors of firms; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation on the average hours paid at basic and overtime rates for full-time employees is published in table X3 of part A of the 1993 new earnings survey report. A copy of the report is available in the Library. The table provides information for manual and non-manual occupations. Executives and directors are classified as managers.
The result of the new earnings survey show that the average basic hours of full-time employees have been around 37.5 hours for the last three years. On average, the basic hours of work of manual employees are just under two hours more than those of non-manual workers.
In 1993, over two thirds of employees worked no paid overtime and the average was 2.3 hours a week.