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The Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) is a statutory instrument in UK labour law which implemented the EU Working Time Directive 2003. [1] It was updated in 1999, but these amendments were then withdrawn in 2006 [2] following a legal challenge in the European Court of Justice. [3] It does not extend to Northern Ireland.
The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, among other things, transposed European Union directives on working times into Irish law. Schedule 2 of the Act specifies the nine public holidays to which employees in Ireland are entitled to receive time off work, time in-lieu or holiday pay depending on the terms of their employment. [14]
The European Social Charter 1961 art 2(1) requires "the working week to be progressively reduced" with "increase of productivity". [10] The Working Time Directive 2003 requires at least four paid weeks of holiday a year. [11] With two-day weekends, most people in the EU work two-thirds of the year or less. [12]
The Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC is a European Union law Directive and a key part of European labour law. It gives EU workers the right to: It gives EU workers the right to: at least 28 days (four weeks) in paid holidays each year;
South Korea has the fastest shortening working time in the OECD, [48] which is the result of the government's proactive move to lower working hours at all levels and to increase leisure and relaxation time, which introduced the mandatory forty-hour, five-day working week in 2004 for companies with over 1,000 employees. Beyond regular working ...
Type relates to whether the convention is fundamental, covers governance matters or is technical (generally issues of working conditions). Subjects covered by the Conventions: Individual rights at work, mainly on safety, wage standards, working time, or social security, and the rights to freedom from forced to work or work during childhood.
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A "worker" is a broader concept in its statutory formulation, and catches more people, but does not carry as many rights. A worker means any person who personally performs work, and is not a client or a customer. A worker is entitled to a minimum wage, holidays, to join a trade union, all anti-discrimination laws, and health and safety protection.