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john hills
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What was the aggreement that aimed to clear up the confusion about whether `on call time` is counted as working time?
I`m still confused ,is it or is it not counted as working time?
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Claire Fuller - Workplace Law Network
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Hi John,
Apologies for any confusion, the details of the agreements were only just emerging yesterday and there still needed to be some clarification, However, the European Commission has now published more information about the agreements, including the news that:
* on-call time will be split into active and inactive on-call time, with active on-call time to be counted as working time; and
*inactive on-call time may not be counted as rest time and can be counted as working time if national laws or social partners [trade unions and organisations representing employers] agree.
For more information, go to this link:
www.workplacelaw.net/news/display/id/15188
I hope this helps!
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Justin Bentley
Member - 14 posts
Can anybody explain what is meant by "maximum working week of 60 hours unless social partners agree otherwise"?
Whilst I don't personally employ anybody for this length of time, I frequently advise security companies, where quite a few do use the opt-out to the limit.
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