After a lengthy debate almost breaching the daily time limit of interpretors, EU social ministers again failed to reach a deal on rules for working long hours despite the UK's shift on an opt out from the 48 hour week.
The revision of the EU's health and safety law, the so called working time directive, has been sparked by a ruling in Europe's top court that all time spent by workers on duty - whether actually working or just making themselves available - should be regarded as proper "w...
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