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Hello, this is six minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Georgina.

And I'm Neil.

In this program, we're going to be talking about the world of work.

Ah, yes, traveling to an office five days a week, sitting at a desk all day and then going home.

Neil, it's not always like that. Office work doesn't have to be such a routine,

the usual fix way of doing things. It is much more flexible these days.

That's true. During the pandemic, we've all had to have a more flexible approach to work.

Yes, we have, and it has, perhaps, changed our attitude to working flexibly.

But even before coronavirus, there was an opportunity to work flexibly,

and we'll be discussing that soon.

But there's one thing that can't be changed, and that's you setting a quiz question.

Ah, yes, I hadn't forgotten. So, Neil, I know you work very hard,

but according to data from the organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development,

the OECD, workers from which country work the longest hours.

Is it a South Korea, B Germany, or C Mexico?

Well, as I'm not on the list, let's go for C Mexico.

Okay, now we'll find out if that's right at the end of the programme,

but let's talk more about flexible working now.

Different countries have different laws about working flexibly.

But here in the UK, for the last 14 years,

employees, workers, have had the right to request flexible working.

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