WORKING TIME LATEST
June 1st, 2005
BY ALAN OSBORNTHERE was much optimism earlier this year that the European Union's (EU) revamped working time directive might be finally agreed this summer but it all fizzled out in June and to all intents and purposes we're back to deadlock again. The chief point at issue here of course is Britain's opt-out from the provision setting a maximum working week of 48 hours and also laying down minimum holiday, rest and night work periods. It's been an article of faith for more than a century in British trade union circles that there should be legal limits on the ...
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