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Worker-hours worked by population and method

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Hours worked during the reporting period by the explicitly named worker population, preserving whether the value is actual or estimated and the method used for any estimate.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Worker-hours worked
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Sum only non-overlapping rows with compatible populations, periods, definitions, units, and deduplication rules.
Pillar
Social
Topic
Workforce composition and labor relations
Controlled domain
Workforce
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Employee and non-employee rows stay separate unless the governing source profile explicitly uses a combined own-workforce denominator. Hours can be added only across mutually exclusive populations and periods with matching time and absence rules. A combined value cannot be used for a rate numerator covering a narrower population. Hours are not derived from FTE, headcount, payroll duration or a normalized injury rate.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    European Sustainability Reporting Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    S1-6 paragraphs 48-52 PDF pp205-206 and AR53-60 pp223-226; S1-7 paragraphs 53-57 p206 and AR61-65 pp226-227; S1-8 paragraphs 58-63 p207 and AR66-70 pp227-228; S1-14 AR89-90 pp231-232.
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2018 edition
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; Disclosure 403-9 and hours guidance pp21-24
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Worker-hours worked
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: One worker-hour is one hour worked by the declared employee, controlled non-employee, or other source-defined worker population under the stated actual-or-estimated method.

Table fields and units

  • Source profile and edition
  • Employees, controlled non-employee workers, current ESRS own workforce combined or another source-defined worker population
  • Control-of-work, control-of-workplace or own-workforce boundary
  • Worker type
  • Country, region, site or business line only when reported
  • Reported value
  • Worker-hours worked
  • Measurement-source edition
  • Assurance status

Published dimensions

  • Source profile and edition.
  • Employees, controlled non-employee workers, current ESRS own workforce combined or another source-defined worker population.
  • Control-of-work, control-of-workplace or own-workforce boundary.
  • Worker type.
  • Country, region, site or business line only when reported.
  • Actual, estimated or mixed status.
  • Time-recording system.
  • Normal/standard-hours assumption.
  • Paid-vacation, paid-sick-leave, public-holiday and other paid-absence treatment.
  • Unpaid and overtime treatment.
  • Reporting boundary.
  • Reporting period.
  • Source and assurance status.

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Populate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772, consolidated 1 January 2025

    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition
    Locator
    S1-6 paragraphs 48-52 PDF pp205-206 and AR53-60 pp223-226; S1-7 paragraphs 53-57 p206 and AR61-65 pp226-227; S1-8 paragraphs 58-63 p207 and AR66-70 pp227-228; S1-14 AR89-90 pp231-232.

    Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Worker-hours worked by population and method.

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  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018

    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2018 edition
    Locator
    effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; Disclosure 403-9 and hours guidance pp21-24

    Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Worker-hours worked by population and method.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772, consolidated 1 January 2025 — Consolidated 1 January 2025 edition; GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018 — 2018 edition. Retain the exact source edition on every observation; later editions require a separate method profile.

  • Source profile and edition.
  • Employees, controlled non-employee workers, current ESRS own workforce combined or another source-defined worker population.
  • Control-of-work, control-of-workplace or own-workforce boundary.
  • Worker type.
  • Country, region, site or business line only when reported.
  • Actual, estimated or mixed status.
  • Time-recording system.
  • Normal/standard-hours assumption.
  • Retain the exact measurement-source edition with every observation.
  • One worker-hour is one hour worked by the declared employee, controlled non-employee, or other source-defined worker population under the stated actual-or-estimated method.

Record-specific limitations

  • Payroll hours, paid hours, scheduled hours and hours worked can differ. Estimated hours are sensitive to full-time schedules, paid leave and local working-time practices. Contractors may not be paid hourly, emergency work can be difficult to capture and source control tests can exclude workers. The measure is exposure time, not workforce size or productivity.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.