However, managers said they still faced the problems of doctors working fewer hours under the European Working Time Directive which they said created staffing and safety issues for smaller hospitals.
Their new selling points are sandwiches with the boss, opportunities for advancement, flexible working hours and more holiday time.
When the recession hit, workers had built up a large number of extra hours in their working-time accounts that could be wound down as work dried up.
According to those who attended, Jones explained how traders must have extraordinary focus and commitment, working long hours and forgoing personal time.
One of the main subjects was an unnamed female enforcement attorney who allegedly spent a great deal of time during working hours, using SEC computers, e-mailing colleagues about stock picks and studying stocks.
Why not hire two (2) part time each working 25 hours a week.
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Mendoza is working long hours, but is making time for regular tennis matches and weekends with his wife and four young children.
In addition, the European Working Time Directive will mean their working week is reduced to 58 hours by August, then 48 by 2007.
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Additional work, especially if you are currently working part time or have irregular hours, can help you develop new skills and expand your network.
Mr Griffin said members were worried about aspects of their employment contracts, include job sharing arrangements, part-time working, and reduced hours, and wondered if such conditions would be retained after the relocation.
He said he drafted a policy document in 2004 on part-time working setting out minimum hours that entry pilots, like Ms Starmer, must complete before they could reduce their flying times to less than 75% of full-time hours.
Parents are working longer hours and they've got less time to spend with their kids.
Because of the country's culture of long working hours, husbands with good jobs spend little time at home and expect their wives to cope with all domestic tasks.
Engaged employees were much more likely to say their companies offered at least some flex time and to report working longer hours than actively disengaged colleagues or those who were not engaged.
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They just spend several hours a day working to become better investors, investing time in learning about the companies they invest in and focusing on the prospects and potential pitfalls in their portfolios.
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They also said, though, during that time they were still working eight hours a day because they had found sort of lower-paying jobs just to pay the rent while they were getting retrained.
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The number of people who want full-time work, but are working fewer hours is unchanged at 8.3 million.
"However, 90% of people were paid on time and as for staff working long hours it was entirely voluntary, " he said.
Mr. Deuskar, who is working 90 hours a week, can't waste time.
That may be more time in the garden or working longer hours.
With the average full-time worker working only 33.1 hours a week, which is virtually the lowest on record, some 40 percent of the families currently on food stamps have "earned income, " the Financial Times reported.
They also have 4.5 hours more leisure time a week than their hard working female counterparts.
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Working 18 hours a day, Chin spends about half his time on the road, pitching the company to retailers and analysts and talking with overseas Samsung reps.
Many were working long hours in factories and to sustain them a noon-time meal was essential.
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But much of the decline appears to be structural, caused by new rules like the European working-time directive and a greater preference for shorter hours, including part-time jobs.
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, requires companies with more than 50 full-time employees (defined as working more than 30 hours a week) to provide health insurance that meets standards set by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Add to this mix the change in the world of work, where, instead of a 40 hour work week in the USA and a more rational 32-35 hour work week in the much of the EU, the dot.com techies are working 60-80 hours a week, with little or no time scheduled for physical recreation or broader social, cultural, or political activities or involvement.
Kovvali, 64, a former GP, was working as an out-of-hours doctor in Sheffield at the time.
Holyrood's Economy committee said there had been a rise in temporary contracts, zero hours contracts, self-employment, and part-time working for these groups.
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My guess is they are likely very busy recording next song or working on their next movie sixteen hours a day and barely have enough time to eat and shower!
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