The UK Government is right to stand firm over the UK opt-out from the Working Time Directive, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The CIPD commented as reports ...

Ahead of an expected Commission propsal next Wednesday, to adjust the EU working time directive, the Brussels executive has run into criticism. A leading doctors’ group has attacked the Commision’s ...

An Editorial in this week's Lancet looks at the recently released review of the effect of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on the quality of medical training in England, by John Temple. The ...

The EU remains divided on the rules setting ceilings for working hours due to health and safety concerns. “I don’t see chances for compromise” in the future, said Austrian economy minister Martin ...