Criticism over new proposal on working hours
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The European Commission has proposed strict limitations on the opt-out clause from the so-called Working Time Directive, which would give workers in the European Union the right to refuse to work more than 48 hours per week.
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Â· Flanagan unveils scheme to save 6m hours a yearÂ· Plan to scrap 40-question 'stop and account' form
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French workers are urged to protest in numbers against the government's plans to reform the 35-hour week.
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4.15pm: Fresh 24-hour stoppage in bitter row over pay and jobs set to cripple mail deliveries next Friday.
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Doctors and the government are at loggerhead over getting GPs to work in the evenings and weekends.
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Unions consider strike calls over government plans to raise public sector workers' pension age.
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The British government's plan to issue work permits to 10,000 Bangladeshi, mostly residents in the United Kingdom has drawn flak from watchdog group.
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Transport strike keeps broad-based incomes talks at standstill The deadline for a broad-based incomes agreement is being pushed back by the ongoing transport strike.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Union head office on Wednesday proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.
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The European Union's head office on Wednesday proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.
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In blasting new overtime rules that take effect Monday, Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards says he can&#39;t understand why the Bush administration wants to undermine a system that rewards workers who toil long hours.
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People who work from mid-afternoon into the wee hours of the night are liable to develop problems such as heartburn, stomach ulcers and constipation, new research shows.
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German carmaker Adam Opel AG told a group representing workers that it wanted to cut wages and benefits and change working hour arrangements, employee representatives said Wednesday.
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A mass exodus of GPs from the NHS is being considered by the British Medical Association as it steps up its campaign against the government's plan to impose extended surgery opening hours in England, internal documents have revealed
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Q: I keep hearing about these supposed new rules for overtime pay and I am confused. Are there new rules, and if so, what are they?
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A crotchety boss might say that weâre working longer because weâre wasting time, but the opposite may also be true. We are wasting time because we are working harder.
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Britain's guidelines on working hours infringe European Union law that gives employees the right to minimum daily and weekly rest periods, Europe's highest court has ruled.