Working Time Directive

It is important that they are included in the working time directive.

The working time directive as proposed by the Council could result in higher costs for companies.

Moving to the working time directive: in my view this is bad legislation.

Back in 1993 the working time directive excluded some six million workers.

I am very pleased that they are going to be brought in line with the working time directive.

The working time directive will not be complete until these issues have been resolved.

That is to say, the amendment would conflict with the general working time directive.

The working time directive is an essential element of a social Europe.

Then we won't be subject to their working time directives or attempts to drive the city out of business, so that's absolutely fine.

We also want, in the future, to see the working time directive apply to those groups which have still not been brought within its scope.

This report sets out to extend the 1993 working time directive to include further groups of employees.

I shall just deal very briefly with two other points concerning the whole working time directive.

Madam President, the working time directive is to provide a better deal for workers and improve family life; but will it?

The idea of including self-employed people in the working time directive is unrealistic.

Non-mobile workers will be covered by an amendment to the working time directive.

They are dealt with under the compensatory measures in the original working time directive.

The people's panel: The working time directive, which restricts our job hours, may be reviewed.

The same applies to the working time directive.

The ideas behind the proposal for the working time directive have been proved wrong in Sweden.'

We should postpone the debate on the owner drivers' working time directive until the next partsession.

The exclusion of doctors in training from such a working time directive can be considered to be downright criminal.

Mr President, this working time directive concerns employees' working conditions, which is an important issue.

Under the working time directive UK workers do not have to work more than 48 hours a week, however, in reality they often do.

However, the Member States have known for a long time that they will need to adapt to the working times directive in the long run.

Mr President, perhaps I am breaching the working time directive this evening!