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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1197/annex-IV/division-II/division-B/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/1197",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1197",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/II/division/B/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2)",
  "heading": "Variable 120201: Hours worked by employees",
  "text": "Total hours worked by employees represents the number of hours actually worked by employees, for the output of the statistical unit during the reference period.\nTime spent on adjacent work, indirectly contributing to the output (e.g. planning, preparation, administrative and alike), as well as time spent without actual work, but deemed and remunerated as such by the statistical unit (e.g. short breaks, short disruptions due to slack in production, trainings and alike) is included.\nTime spent on work, be it adjacent work, without actual remuneration (e.g. unpaid overtime) is also included.\nRemunerated time spent without actual work and not deemed as such by the statistical unit (e.g. annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, official holidays, longer breaks, meal breaks, strikes, commuting and alike) is excluded.\nInfra-annual statistics may not be able to take into account all these items such as unpaid overtime.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1197/annex/IV/division/II/division/B/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:28.657754+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}