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Britons favour a working day of 7 hours or less

A recent has shown that British workers consider a working day lasting 7 hours or less the most productive. Generally, workers in Britain put in an average weekly shift of 42.9 hours - 8.5 hours a day - the fifth longest working week in Europe. The views of British workers are similar to their counterparts in the United States, who also said that a working day of less than 7 hours in the most productive.

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This chart shows responses to the question "what is the most producitive length of a working day?"

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