In France, almost one in two employees (45%) work so-called "atypical" hours at least once a month: work in the evening (between 8 p.m. and midnight), at night (between midnight and 5 a.m.), Saturday or Sunday.
If this type of staggered hours presents constraints, in particular in the balance between private life and professional life, it also makes it possible to receive better remuneration.
This financial surplus is greater for workers and employees, who work more frequently at night, indicates a study published Thursday by the statistical service of the Ministry of Labor (Dares).
Thus, night work provides a net wage gain of 6.8% for blue-collar workers and 5.2% for white-collar workers.
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For executives, Sunday work is the most advantageous: those who work at least one Sunday a month earn 10.6% more than their colleagues, compared to a gain of 5.4% for blue-collar workers and 4 .6% for employees.
Comparatively, the advantage provided…
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