Sentences with phrase «working time directive»

The European Court of Justice has held that the holiday provisions of the Working Time Directive are sufficiently precise to be directly effective (ex p BECTU v Secretary of State for Trade [2001] IRLR 559, [2001] All ER (D) 272 (Jun)-RRB- and so an English court is required — at least where the proper law is English — to modify normal jurisdictional rules to ensure that directly effective rights can be enforced here.

The European Court importantly reminds us that the Working time Directive is vital health and safety protection for millions and millions of workers across the UK.

The Working Time Directive is not «red tape» as the CBI assert.

The Working Time Directive gives all workers the right to a minimum 28 day of paid holidays each year, a 20 minute rest breaks after 6 hours work, rest of at least 11 hours in any 24 hours; restricts excessive night work; 24 hours off after seven day of work; and provides for a right to work no more than 48 hours per week over a cycle.

However it is liable to produce a large number of results from a keyword search, so it is preferable to start with a precise reference such as the number of a directive, for example 93 / 104 / EC (the Working Time Directive), where» 93» indicates 1993, the year in which that measure was agreed.

The rights of such workers are contained not in the main European Working Time Directive or the WTR but in a separate Road Transport Working Time Directive and in the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/639)(RTR).

So, for example, the Working Time Directive (2003 / 88 / EC) became the Working Time Regulations (1998).

The European Working Time Directive supplies our modern limits: workers» rights to rest breaks, daily rest, weekly rest, maximum weekly working time and annual leave, which form an increasing part of all employment lawyers» workload.

Case C - 518 / 15 Matzak v Town of Nivelles: preliminary reference concerning the application of the Working Time Directive to «on call» emergency workers.

In Ville de Nivelles v Matzak (C - 518 / 15) the European Court of Justice determined that time spent on stand - by counts as working time under the Working Time Directive when the obligations placed on a worker during that stand - by time significantly restrain...

The Working Time Directive (WTD) provides for all EU workers to receive at least 4 weeks paid annual leave a year.

«Holiday entitlement», HM Government, October 2016 (UK entitlement to annual holiday) «Maternity pay and leave», HM Government, October 2016 (UK entitlement to paid maternity leave) «EU Working Time Directive», European Commission, 2003 (EU minimum entitlement to annual holiday).

Speaking of which, doesn't the Working Time Directive stipulate that you can't work more than 48 hours a week on average?

The health and safety purpose underpinning the Working Time Regulations 1998 and the Working Time Directive, as emphasised in the cases of SIMAP and Jaeger.

The court found that Pereda was entitled to his annual leave at a time that did not coincide with his being on sick leave, under the Working Time Directive.

«Often public perception of junior staff is very poor and the introduction of a working time directive, which -LSB-...]

An example can be found in the Working Time Regulations which implement the Working Time Directive.

Spain's Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) asked the Court of Justice whether the EU's Working Time Directive precluded certain Spanish legislation under which a worker who becomes unfit for work during a period of paid annual leave is not entitled subsequently to that annual leave.

The Cour de cassation, one of the highest French courts, in its reference to the Court had informed the Court that it did not see any possibility of interpreting French law consistently with the Working Time Directive.

They must therefore be included in the calculation of holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTRs) because the Regulations have to be read to give effect to the European Working Time Directive (the Directive), and apply to private as well as public sector employers.

The holiday allowance that UK - based workers enjoy at the moment is as a result of the EU Working Time Directive, which sets out exactly how many days of holiday someone is entitled to based on their contract of employment.

Domestic employment laws originating from the EU legislature, such as the much vilified Working Time Directive, have often been described as a burden on business, inflexible, uncompetitive and inefficient.

But one in five works 60 hours or more - 12 hours above the limit set by the European working time directive.

«Very heavy clinical workloads do not help researchers, though recent implementation of the European Working Time directive in hospitals and appointment of more doctors has gone some way to solving this,» he says.

Reports that the government may try to secure further opt - outs from the EU working time directive are very concerning.

Cameron will make clear in his speech that he will be demanding major changes, possibly including the repatriation of social and employment laws which could see Britain winning a complete opt - out from the working time directive.

As part of the EU truce, the Conservatives will drop their plan to seek an opt - out from some social legislation, especially the working time directive, but will seek to «limit (its) application».

[32] In 2011, she presented a Ten Minute Rule Bill to exempt the NHS from the Working Time Directive.

So an opt - out from financial services legislation, say, and the working time directive won't be nearly enough for them.

The leaflet in the series that attacks Labour focuses on a failure to honour a promise to hold a referendum on Lisbon, Labour MEPs» support for joining the Euro, support for the Working Time Directive, support for an EU Space programme and also for a Euro Army:

Labour has maintained our opt out of the Working Time Directive, and the Tories know this.

The Working Time Directive enshrines legal rights to rest periods, paid holidays and a maximum 48 - hour working week.

Including «support for the working time directive» is a lie.

Doctors were especially concerned about the European Working Time Directive (EWTD), which restricts doctors to working less than 50 hours per week.

«We want to keep the UK opted out of rules we believe are damaging, like the 48 - hour cap on the working week in the Working Time Directive.

Main Conservative MEPs walk out of Working Time Directive talks»

Thursday, April 02, 2009 in European Parliament (general), Philip Bushill - Matthews MEP, Working Time Directive Permalink

Norway has had to implement three quarters of all EU legislation, including the Working Time Directive.

We will examine the balance of the EU's existing competences and will, in particular, work to limit the application of the Working Time Directive in the United Kingdom.

The 2003 Working Time Directive does not refer to any specific day in relation to weekly rest periods or any other aspect of working time.

The 1993 Working Time Directive determined that the minimum weekly rest period «shall, in principle, include Sunday».

He also added that the Liberal Democrats have «been consistently opposed to the Working Time Directive» that guarantees minimum annual leave and maximum working hours.

Furthermore, junior doctors» contract, the New Deal, and the European Working Time Directive must be renegotiated to provide more local flexibility when designing staff rotas in hospitals.

The MTI also helps hospitals fill rotas gaps, which has been exacerbated by the limiting effects of the European Working Time Directive and the New Deal on junior doctors» hours of work.

Not exact matches

By the time the final version of the memorandum was released later Friday afternoon, however, there was no mention of a time frame or a directive for the DOL to work with the Justice Department to halt pending litigation over the rule, which was also included in the draft order.

The statement entitled, «Expulsion from All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter for anti-party activities disobedience and negligence in carrying out lawful directives of the party» reads, «The State Working Committee (hereinafter referred to as SWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, having invited you three (3) times to her meetings to discuss the allegations of your anti-party activities, disobedience and negligence in carrying out lawful directives of the party, and your refusal to attend any of the three invitations, the SWC in her meeting of 27/01/17 has resolved that you are guilty of anti-party activities, and also guilty of disobedience and negligence in carrying out lawful directives of the party.

The financial transaction tax would be a starting point, and I think the work in time directive, making progress on the temporary agency workers... People say, «what is euroscepticism today» and I say that then majority of colleagues that I speak to agree with what I call growth enhancing euroscepticism — that is those powers being repatriated back that help the British economy and grow jobs.

The rest of Europe was remarkably tolerant, giving us opt - out after opt - out — there was no honour in refusing the agency workers and working - time directives.

Because of the statutory time constraints and the directives in the law, a vote against the motion to proceed is a vote to direct the Secretary of Energy to cease all further work at Yucca Mountain and close the office until Congress decides otherwise.

Not that the inmates should run the asylum, but as twenty - first - century leaders in business, politics, and even the military are finding out, for any system to work successfully in these times, we must combine top - down directives with bottom - up input.