EU SOCIAL PACKAGE
October 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALLTHE LONG struggle to agree EU rules on working time is set to be extended well into next year and maybe beyond, with the European Commission proposing the replacement of the existing planned directive, even before it has been agreed by a conciliation committee representing Member States and the European Parliament.In its new package of legislation for the road haulage sector, the Commission has tabled a broad range of measures, which would reform the working time rules, and also impose a strengthened regime on employers' liability, in an attempt to ...
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