Brussels has won a legal battle against the UK over the EU's heavily contested working time directive, with the bloc's top court ruling that employers must make sure that workers take their daily rest.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday (7 September) that the UK must change guidelines saying that employers "must make sure that workers can take their rest, but are not required to make sure they do take their rest."
The court said the European Commission, which h...
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