{"id":4646,"date":"2023-05-05T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2023-05-05T14:12:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:12:32","slug":"euworkingtimedirective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/2023\/05\/05\/euworkingtimedirective\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU Working Time Directive."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>&#8220;Protect each individual\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all individuals working in the EU, the Working Time Directive set\u2019s out the maximum allowable working time and minimum rest periods. The EU Working Time Directive&#8217;s main goal is to protect each individual from being overworked, exploited and to ensure they receive reasonable rest time between working shifts and weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>&#8220;Relevant in every EU country<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each EU member state is required to adopt the EU working time directive. However, they can also implement more protective measures for their workers and a good example of this is in Denmark. In addition, there are certain and rare deviations from this within locally agreed Collective Bargaining Agreements (see our previous blog <a href=\"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/2023\/03\/22\/whatarecollectiveagreements\/\">here<\/a> to find out more about Collective Agreements).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>&#8220;What to consider?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below outlines the requirements of the EU Working Time Directive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maximum working time of 48 hours per week on average (including any overtime) over any 4-month reference period and in Denmark, 37 hours over a 12-month reference period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 consecutive hours in every 24-hour period of rest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One day off per week, which may be averaged over a two-week period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At least four weeks of paid annual leave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Protect each individual\u201d For all individuals working in the EU, the Working Time Directive set\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6,9,11,14],"tags":[41,31,38,39,40,32],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-compliance","category-contractors","category-eu","category-international","category-legislation","category-recruitment","tag-compliance","tag-contracting","tag-eu","tag-eu-working-time-directive","tag-law","tag-temporary-employment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4654,"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions\/4654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libertybishopinternational.co.uk\/knowledge-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}