The European Working Time Directive lays down minimum safety and health requirements for the organisation of working time in the EU by, for example, establishing that all workers have the right to a limit to weekly working time of 48 hours. However, it also contains the possibility for Member...

The most important changes in the regulation of working time in Europe in 2021 and 2022 were related to the transposition of two European directives: the Work-life Balance Directive and the Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Directive. The reduction of working time and more...

The most important changes in the regulation of working time in Europe in 2021 and 2022 were related to the transposition of two European directives: the Work-life Balance Directive and the Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Directive. The reduction of working time and more...

This biennial review charts developments in a range of working time issues in the EU and Norway in 2017-2018. It finds that while the average collectively agreed working week across the EU remains unchanged since 2016 - at 38 hours - there was a slight decrease in the past two years in the 15...

Working time is a recurrent topic of study because the nature of work, its content, the conditions under which it is performed and the labour market itself keep changing. This report provides an overview of the recent evolution of working time duration and organisation in the EU and highlights...

Working time is a recurrent topic of study because the nature of work, its content, the conditions under which it is performed and the labour market itself keep changing. This report provides an overview of the recent evolution of working time duration and organisation in the EU and highlights...

This report examines the main trends and milestones characterising the evolution of the most important aspects of collectively agreed working time in the European Union during the first decade of the 21st century. Drawing primarily on information collected by Eurofound across all EU Member...