The ETUC expresses its concern regarding the lack of concrete proposals about the Working Time Directive after the European Commission announced on January 5 the results of an investigation into this Directive rules"

With Commissioner Diamantopoulou having accepted that the implementation of the Working Time Directive has been unsatisfactory, particularly though not exclusively in the United Kingdom, and that as a result the health and safety of European workers is being compromised, I am very disappointed that the Commission has not felt able to come forward now with concrete proposals for remedying the situation" said John Monks, ETUC General Secretary. "We know that there are those who will want to play for time, and to try to extend the period of consultation until the Commission’s mandate is effectively over. Knowing the Commissioner, I am confident that she will not want delay and fudge to be her last testament, and that we shall see from her this April strong and sensible proposals for ensuring that the original aims of the Directive ten years ago - that working women and men should not damage their health through very long hours of toil - are fulfilled."

 Social Policy Dossiers

 Letter to Commissioner Diamantopoulou