Sentences with phrase «time directive»

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

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

«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.

Sadly the Italian Ambassador to the UK did rather undermine Leadsom's argument by drily suggesting that, in his experience, the huge youth unemployment ravaging his country was not due to the workers time directive.

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

Main Conservative MEPs walk out of Working Time Directive talks»

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

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

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 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.

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.

Employers smarting after the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Stringer v HMRC; Schultz - Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund joined cases C - 520 / 06 and C - 350 / 06 [2009] IRLR 214 will be further concerned by the ECJ's most recent observations on the Working Time Directive in Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA: C - 277 / 08.

Mackenzie argued that the social and moral arguments for remain were key to the debate — citing regulation such as the workers time directive and maternity and paternity reform as good reasons to remain.

Continue reading «Charlotte Leslie calls for hospital doctors to be exempt from the EU Working Time Directive»»

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.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned the # 100 million made available in 2008 to help compliance with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) is not getting through.

«The ability to opt out of the 48 - hour working week rules imposed by the Working Time Directive is vital to both individuals in the UK and the economy as a whole,» said John Cridland, the deputy director - general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

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.

One of these days, lets hope that even the infamous working time directive will be revisited.

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.

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.

Reduced working hours in fact mean consultants are working in line with the European Working Time Directive, the DoH added.

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.

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

«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.

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

The European working time directive (WTD), which Britain has long been opposed to, could be watered down and a deal securing the single market's future could be agreed with Germany, according to media reports.

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.

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

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

Would Cameron settle for little more than the abolition of 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».

True, the labour market is no longer crushed by trade union power, but European labour market regulation (particularly the working time directive and temps directive) have undermined our employment - friendly labour market, and are causing chaos in the NHS.

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.

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.

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

No Old Testament prophet proposed something as daft as the French 35 - hour «working - time directive»: they invented the Sabbath instead.

Many experts expect to see changes in this area, with Frances O'Grady of the Trade Union Congress recently having stated that the six million workers who enjoyed the benefits of the Working Time Directive are likely to be worried.

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.

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.

Staff are then free to swap to the limits of what is consistent with health, safety and 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 Working Time Directive, however, requires all employees to be entitled to 4 weeks of paid vacation.

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.

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

There was also no requirement under the EU Working Time Directive to award compensation for injury to feelings and the Claimant's argument that the EU principle of effectiveness required such compensation could therefore not succeed.