"Figure 3: Average hours worked per week and effective average hours worked per week diverged during the coronavirus pandemic","" "Average hours worked and effective average hours worked (adjusting for furloughed workers), Quarter 1 2012 to Quarter 4 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Adjustments for furloughed workers in this analysis use HMRC Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) data on employments, which do not distinguish between full and partial furlough. They also do not account for self-employed workers in receipt of Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) payments, who may or may not be working hours. There is a small misalignment between workers and jobs in the adjusted series, so this should be treated as indicative only." "Unit","Average hours worked per week" "","" "Period","Average hours","Effective average hours worked (excluding furlough)" "2012 Q1"," 31.7 "," 31.7 " "2012 Q2"," 31.7 "," 31.7 " "2012 Q3"," 32.0 "," 32.0 " "2012 Q4"," 31.9 "," 31.9 " "2013 Q1"," 32.0 "," 32.0 " "2013 Q2"," 32.0 "," 32.0 " "2013 Q3"," 32.2 "," 32.2 " "2013 Q4"," 32.0 "," 32.0 " "2014 Q1"," 32.1 "," 32.1 " "2014 Q2"," 32.2 "," 32.2 " "2014 Q3"," 32.2 "," 32.2 " "2014 Q4"," 32.2 "," 32.2 " "2015 Q1"," 32.1 "," 32.1 " "2015 Q2"," 32.1 "," 32.1 " "2015 Q3"," 31.9 "," 31.9 " "2015 Q4"," 32.3 "," 32.3 " "2016 Q1"," 32.1 "," 32.1 " "2016 Q2"," 32.0 "," 32.0 " "2016 Q3"," 32.0 "," 32.0 " "2016 Q4"," 32.1 "," 32.1 " "2017 Q1"," 32.2 "," 32.2 " "2017 Q2"," 32.3 "," 32.3 " "2017 Q3"," 32.0 "," 32.0 " "2017 Q4"," 31.9 "," 31.9 " "2018 Q1"," 31.9 "," 31.9 " "2018 Q2"," 31.9 "," 31.9 " "2018 Q3"," 32.2 "," 32.2 " "2018 Q4"," 32.0 "," 32.0 " "2019 Q1"," 32.2 "," 32.2 " "2019 Q2"," 32.1 "," 32.1 " "2019 Q3"," 32.1 "," 32.1 " "2019 Q4"," 31.9 "," 31.9 " "2020 Q1"," 31.3 "," 31.9 " "2020 Q2"," 25.9 "," 34.8 " "2020 Q3"," 28.4 "," 32.7 " "2020 Q4"," 30.1 "," 33.8 " "2021 Q1"," 29.5 "," 34.7 " "2021 Q2"," 31.0 "," 34.0 " "2021 Q3"," 31.6 "," 33.0 " "2021 Q4"," 31.6 "," 31.6" "","undefined","undefined"