A ruling from the Audiencia nacional gave satisfaction to the hotel business and tourism federations from CCOO and UGT, as well as to the federation of independent trade workers (FETICO) and to the federation of trade union associations (FAGSA) who appealed to Carrefour employees' right to beneficiate from a weekly resting time "clear and autonomous" from the right to daily rest, in accordance with the prescriptions included in the 93/04 directive on working time. The company integrated the 12 hours of daily rest in the 36 hours of weekly rest. (Ref. 070478)
The ruling, dated May 8, 2007, recognizes that employees working 6 days in a row are entitled to a weekly rest which cannot be mixed up with the 12 hours of daily rest, legally separating two days’ work. The court considers that Carrefour’s employees indeed beneficiate, according to the sector’s collective convention, from one day’s rest, followed or preceded by a half-day, according to the work centre’s organization agenda. This is the general rule, except for cases where the system to count r
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