EU: the Commission ruled that it is useless to amend legislation on working time for offshore staff

In a report published on the website of the DG employment and social Affairs, the European Commission ruled that it is not necessary to change the provisions from the November 4, 2003 2003/88 directive concerning some aspects of flexible working hours, concerning workers from offshore facilities. (Ref. 070335)
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Offshore activities only concern a limited number of member States and a small number of employees – approximately 30,000, almost 25,000 of which for Great Britain itself. The report summarizes the way the countries concerned by these activities use derogations to the law on working time planned by the directive, in terms of daily rest (art. 3), breaks during the day (art. 4), weekly rest (art. 5), night-work hours (art. 8), reference periods (art. 16). Most member States have not used this der

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