Working Time Directive - Case Law

Case Law

Sources on working time
Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC
Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833)
SIMAP v CSCGV (2000) C-303/98
Pfeiffer v Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (2005) C-397/01
Commission v United Kingdom (2006) C-484/04
R v DTI ex parte BECTU (2001) C-173/99
Caulfield v Marshalls Clay Ltd (2006) C-131/04
Stringer v HMRC (2009) C-520/06
Landeshauptstadt Kiel v Jaeger (2003) C-151/02
Barber v RJB Mining (UK) Ltd ICR 679
Employment Rights Act 1996 ss 50-70
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c 22)
see Working time in the United Kingdom

The Working Time Directive has also been clarified and interpreted through a number of rulings in the European Court of Justice. The most notable of these have been the "SIMAP" and "Jaeger" judgments (Sindicato de Médicos de Asistencia Pública v Conselleria de Sanidad y Consumo de la Generalidad Valenciana, 2000 and Landeshauptstadt Kiel v Jaeger, 2003). The SIMAP judgment defined all time when the worker was required to be present on site as actual working hours, for the purposes of work and rest calculations. The Jaeger judgment confirmed that this was the case even if workers could sleep when their services were not required.

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