WORKING TIME REVIEW
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) employers and employee organisations have been given nine months by the European Commission to negotiate agreements dealing with problems arising from the standard EU working time directive, or face legally binding reforms tabled by Brussels. In a new policy paper (a Communication), the Commission has defined what these talks should focus upon:*Following recent judgements of the European Court of Justice on time spent on-call by health professionals, Brussels wants to clarify how this should be counted as working ...
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