This blogpost looks closer at the Working Time Directive (2003/88) and the possibility under Article 22 to opt-out of the maximum weekly working time of 48 hours. Denmark recently introduced this opt-out in its working time legislation. The Danish legislator did not choose a wide derogation providing more flexibility to employers in general, but rather…
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A burning post-war question that has been a source of much debate within trade union organisations is that of ‘Europe,’ which, through ‘deepening’ and ‘widening’, has changed in form and content across time. National trade unions have expressed different preferences towards ‘Social Europe’ from those advocating ‘ever closer union’ to those supporting ‘unity in diversity.’…
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1) Introduction On December 12, 2022, at first reading, the European Parliament adopted 186 amendments to the Proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work presented by the European Commission on December 9, 2021[1].The proposed directive is part of a package of measures promoted at European level in order to guarantee better…
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