Brussels snubs plea to protect opt-out

MEPs voted on 20 April 2005 to end Britain's exemptions on curbs on working hours. The European Parliament's Employment Committee took these decisions when it adopted a report on 19 April 2005 by Alejandro Cercas (PES, ES) by 31 votes to 14, with 1 abstention. The Committee thus disagrees with the proposal put forward by the European Commission, which would keep the individual opt-out while tightening up the conditions for its application.

European Parliament: News Report, 20.4.05: Working hours opt-out to end; on-call time to count as working time http://europarl.europa.eu/omk/sipade2?PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS+NR-20050421-1+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=S

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