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Originally Posted by jfman
"If the EU ever introduce anything beneficial to businesses".
Frictionless trade to 500 million potential customers? 
Giving your staff 4 weeks annual leave and a maximum 48 hour week (why not employ more people if you need more yours) are presumably minor incidental benefits of the EU. |
Frictionless trade existed before the EU, and exists outside of it. The thousands of EU rules mean it isn't as frictionless as they make out. The "friction" just occurs away from the borders.
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real world of business, it's not easy to simply employ more people. If you want to make it easier, one thing you would have to do is allow Zero hour contracts.
The Working Time Directive is a classic example of the EU imposing something by the backdoor. The UK had an exemption from it, but is was imposed by the backdoor on Health & Safety grounds. If the EU was truly interested in H&S then it would have to impose restrictions on what people did outside those work hours. It's a more than a bit silly to have a maximum working week, when you can still take up another job or even a hobby that is quite physically and mentally demanding.