32 HOURS is an organization committed to a reduction and redistribution of work time, in pursuit of an economically just and ecologically sustainable society with a high quality of life for all.

Society for the Reduction of Human Labor

WE advocate a world-wide campaign for shorter working hours.

WE support this campaign by creating and supporting Shorter Work Week Action Committees.

WE publicise struggles over working hours and the structure of work, life and time.

TAKE BACK YOUR TIME is a major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment.

October 24th Is Take Back Your Time Day.

Almost 40 percent of us are now working more than 50 hours a week. We put in two to three more MONTHS in total hours on the job each year than the Europeans, 2.5 weeks more than even the Japanese. We're now working more than we have since the 1920s. Our already paltry vacations are being stalled, cancelled, and shrunk into non-existence.

Over five million people at work in the UK regularly do unpaid overtime, giving their employers £23 billion of free work every year. If you're one, why not take some time to reflect on how well (or badly) you're balancing your life?