The new European Commission has committed to restarting a review of the Working Time Directive 2003/88 and this after successive legal and negotiations failures at the European social partner level. Exactly two years after the previous failure, the European Commission has launched a public consultation that will contribute to an analysis of the impact of various options the Directive puts forward. The questionnaire is a type of survey of these various options.
It is because the Commission has invited all organizations to contribute their views (ranging from ‘Very undesirable’ to ‘Very desirable’) over a range of issues so as to rise above divisions emanating from the review of the Directive that it can be considered more of a survey than an official public consultation. This Directive, which sets common minimum protective standards on working time (maximum working time periods, rest time periods etc.) has already undergone two aborted review attempts
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