The European Commission has provided its opinion following the European Parliament’s proposal to abolish the opt out from the 48 hour week.
The move to abolish the opt out altogether has been rejected by the Commission as this is not permitted by the Working Time Directive in its current form. However the Commission is “supportive” of phasing this out over time.
The Commission also indicated that whilst there should not be an upper limit on the working hours for those who do opt out, further safeguards were necessary in order to protect those workers opting out.
Other amendments to the directive were considered including a review of the definition of working time and compensatory rest breaks.
It will be interesting to see how the European Parliament and Council address matters following the European Commission’s opinion.
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