Balkan and Mediterranean workers are most likely to be shifted on weekends. Which countries have been trialling the four-day working week? #EuropeInMotion
By Alessio Dell'Anna & video by Léa Becquet
Published on
12/05/2026 - 10:03 GMT+2
Hundreds of thousands of people across Europe don't get to treat the weekend as downtime.
More than one in five workers across Europe — 21.3% — are regularly shifted on Saturdays and Sundays, according to the latest Eurostat data.
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