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Title: The revision of the working time directive
Authors: Ellul, Anthony
Keywords: Civil law -- Malta
Novation -- Malta
Obligations (Law) -- Malta
Issue Date: 2006
Publisher: Għaqda Studenti tal-Liġi
Citation: Ellul, A. (2006). The revision of the working time directive. Id-Dritt, 19, 231-246.
Abstract: EU Directive 93/104/EC aimed to ensure a better level of safety and health protection for workers, with the main provisions being:- 1. A minimum rest period of 11 consecutive hours for each 24-hour period (Article 3); 2. A rest break where the working day is longer than six hours (Article 4); 3. A minimum rest period of one day per week (Article 5); 4. Maximum weekly working hours of 48 hours on average, including overtime, over a reference period not exceeding four months (Article 6); 5. Four weeks of paid annual leave (Article 7); and 6. An average of no more then eight hours of work at night in any 24 hour period (Article 8). The Directive as amended by Directive 2000/34/EC was repealed and consolidated into Directive 2003/88 which entered into force on the 2nd August 2004.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/65597
Appears in Collections:Id-Dritt : Volume 19 : 2006
Id-Dritt : Volume 19 : 2006

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