Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Germany: employees work on average three hours extra per week and the trend is tending lower (consultants data) Germany: employees work on average three hours extra per week and the trend is tending lower (consultants data) Through . Published on 16 July 2019 à 13h27 - Update on 16 July 2019 à 13h27 Resources According to data published by the independent advisory firm Compensation Partner, more than half of Germany’s employees (54%) are working overtime, amounting to an average three hours per week. More males than females are working extra hours, as are more senior staff compared with regular employees, and higher paid cohorts vis-à-vis those on more modest salaries. Compensation Partner analyzed more than 200,000 pieces of working time data within Germany. Since 2009 when employees were working 6.5 hours extra per week the number has been consistently falling. Tim Böger, Managing Director of Compensation Partner puts this development down to the fact that Germany is ‘undergoing a period of robust economic growth where work-life balance is more important and the propensity to work extra hours is lower.” Nonetheless many employees are not paid for the overtime work (one third of regular employees and approximately three quarters of senior managers), with regular employees working a total of 13 months for free over the course of their careers and senior managers working 21 months (Compensation Partner calculations). Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messagePhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels