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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Fair enough. Actually I didn't say it was a bad thing although I like the idea of the UK being more competitive than France by being more flexible in terms of labour laws. As it happens, we secured opt-outs that I find acceptable.
The con was the device used to thwart our veto. It's one of the reasons I hate them as an institution.
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Hi, I have been trying to find anything about France making this an H&S issue but I haven’t had luck yet. Could you link me up? I worked ld be interested to know basis the WTD was before the change.
I did find an interesting parliamentary research paper discussing the WTD including the UK objections to the H&S basis of the WTD and the subsequent ECJ judgement. It also has nice appendices on the working hours and holidays of different then EU countries -
http://researchbriefings.files.parli...6/RP96-106.pdf