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Originally Posted by Hugh
Nothing says "freedom" like being made to be available by your employers out of normal working hours, especially in these days of ever-increasing work-related stress.
"Boo hiss" to those who want people to have a reasonable work/life balance, the nasty bar-stewards...
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You're totally missing the point. The fact of the matter is that it should be the UK that decides UK matters. Especially when we are supposed to have already been told in the Maastricht Treaty that we didn't have to follow the EU rules on these matters. Let's face it, if it was that beneficial to business, they wouldn't force it upon us. The EU is constantly going on about "levelling the playing field". IE No EU country is allowed to have an advantage over France and Germany. No surprise that Germany had working hours limits before the Treaty imposed them on most other EU countries.
If working hours is a health and safety issue, then that should include what you can and cannot do outside working hours. Eg Little point in having a working hours limit if the person also does another job or hobby that isn't resting. What would have the biggest impact on H&S, working 50 hours in a week, or going out each night till the early hours at a club(or whatever) and drinking heavily and/or taking drugs?