Business fears 48-hour opt-out may end

A debate on the Working Time Directive was due to start in the European Parliament on 10 May 2005. Britain was expected to lobby hard to retain its opt-out from the Directive's rules on working hours.

European Parliament: Briefing, 9.5.05: Working hours opt-out to end: on-call time to count as working time http://europarl.europa.eu/omk/sipade2?PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS+BR-20050509-S+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=S

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