Almost half of employees contacted for work purpose during leisure time — CSO

The Labour Force Survey also revealed just over one-in-three employed persons believe it would be “very easy” for them to take one or two hours off for personal or family reasons with one working day’s notice. Picture: EnergePic/Pexel

Almost half of all employed persons in Ireland (47.1%) were contacted for work purposes during their leisure time last year, and 13.4% were expected to act before the next working day, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Men were more likely than women to have reported being contacted several times during their leisure time and expected to act before the next working day in the previous two months at 16.7%, while just under a tenth of women reported the same expectation.