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Monday, May 14, 2007
European Commission consultation on EWTD and information & consultation directive
CEEP UK, the European public sector employers' association, are seeking comments on the European Commission's consultation on EWTD and also their questionnaire on the information and consultation directive.
Comments on the EWTD consultation are due by tomorrow (15th May) I'm afraid. The CEEP summary is as follows:
In the context of the ongoing discussions on the revisions of the European Working Time Directive (as previously reported, these are currently stalled as a result of the inability of EU Social Affairs Ministers to agree on a formula for the treatment of inactive time spent at work and the future of the opt out), the European Commission has issued a questionnaire to Member States and social partner organizations on the way in which the Directive has been transposed and implemented at national level. Employers and trade unions are asked to consider whether national transposition has been satisfactory and to provide details of any positive or negative implications at workplace level. The question is also asked whether social partners have been sufficiently consulted in the implementation of the Directive. Finally, the Commission is calling for suggestions for improvements regarding the implementation of the Directive.
This is the first report to ask how well things are going with applying EWTD to doctors in training (the last one was doctors were still excluded), so please send any comments to admin@idwl.info by tomorrow, 15th May.
Comments on the information and consultation directive can be submitted until 10 June.
On the subject of MMC and MTAS, this week the job selection process is going to judicial review and we expect a ruling on Wednesday. I'll update more once we know the outcome. In the meantime MTAS is offline and looks to remain so for the time being.
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Comments on the EWTD consultation are due by tomorrow (15th May) I'm afraid. The CEEP summary is as follows:
In the context of the ongoing discussions on the revisions of the European Working Time Directive (as previously reported, these are currently stalled as a result of the inability of EU Social Affairs Ministers to agree on a formula for the treatment of inactive time spent at work and the future of the opt out), the European Commission has issued a questionnaire to Member States and social partner organizations on the way in which the Directive has been transposed and implemented at national level. Employers and trade unions are asked to consider whether national transposition has been satisfactory and to provide details of any positive or negative implications at workplace level. The question is also asked whether social partners have been sufficiently consulted in the implementation of the Directive. Finally, the Commission is calling for suggestions for improvements regarding the implementation of the Directive.
This is the first report to ask how well things are going with applying EWTD to doctors in training (the last one was doctors were still excluded), so please send any comments to admin@idwl.info by tomorrow, 15th May.
Comments on the information and consultation directive can be submitted until 10 June.
On the subject of MMC and MTAS, this week the job selection process is going to judicial review and we expect a ruling on Wednesday. I'll update more once we know the outcome. In the meantime MTAS is offline and looks to remain so for the time being.
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