garding work time, the possibility of individual opt-out up to a maximum limit of 48 hours per week is retained, but it is submitted to new obligations and rules. This article details the content of the directive proposals which will be discussed by the European ministers on June 9. (Ref. 080445)
A last negotiating meeting is scheduled before the council of ministers that is to be held on June 9-10. However, the last meeting revealed a genuine consensus on the proposals presented by the Slovene presidency so that the analysis hereunder should more or less be the same in content as in the texts submitted to the ministers.
Organization of working time. The compromise text for revising directive 2003/88 on work time presented by the Slovene presidency :
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Distinguishes the active and inactive periods of on-call time, the latter not being considered as workingtime except if the law or the social partners decide otherwise.