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Shaping the concept of 'working time' between European Union and national legislation - a continuous task for national courts
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Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law
Abstract The two main functions of the concept of working time - quantifying the remuneration and health and security at work protection - are found together or separately in the laws of the member states while EU law regulates working time only for the purpose of protecting health and safety at work; when M... view more
The two main functions of the concept of working time - quantifying the remuneration and health and security at work protection - are found together or separately in the laws of the member states while EU law regulates working time only for the purpose of protecting health and safety at work; when Member States adopt a single regulation on working time, it may define this concept more narrowly or broadly than EU regulation. In disputes before them, when the courts of the Member States have to apply both national and EU law, they are put in a position to bring the concept of working time under national law within the limits of EU regulation. The article examines the situations in which national courts may find themselves in this process, the obligations they have and the solutions they may apply in the context of the evolution of the CJEU jurisprudence on the content of the "working time" notion.... view less
Keywords
working hours; occupational safety; health care; European Law; jurisdiction
Classification
Law
Free Keywords
rest time; Directive 2003/88
Collection Title
Míľniky Práva v Stredoeurópskom Priestore 2020: Collection of Papers from online International Academic Conference of PhD Students and Young Researchers, 23.6. - 24.6.2020
Conference
International Academic Conference "The milestones of law in the area of Central Europe". Bratislava, 2020
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 416-428
ISSN
978-80-7160-576-8
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed