ECJ NURSE HOURS ON-CALL DUTY WORKING TIME CLASSIFICATION
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has further underlined developing European Union (EU) case law that says periods spent resting, but on-call within hospitals and clinics, should be considered working time under relevant EU legislation. However, judges have weakened claims by nurses and others that EU law guarantees them payment for such activities. The key point of the EU working time directive, said the ECJ, is ensuring that minimum rest daily and weekly periods and the maximum weekly working time of 48 hours are guaranteed. But in a case ...
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