Night workers are entitled to a free health assessment before their assignment and to regular checks thereafter. They shall also ensure that night workers whose work involves special hazards or heavy physical or mental strain do not work more than eight hours in any period of 24 hours during which they perform night work. Member States shall ensure that normal hours of work for night workers do not exceed an average of eight hours in any 24-hour period. This minimum period of paid annual leave can not be replaced by an allowance except where the employment relationship is terminated. The average weekly working time shall not exceed 48 hours.Įvery worker is entitled to paid annual leave of at least four weeks. Details including duration and the terms on which it is granted, shall be laid down in collective agreements, agreements between the two sides of industry or by national legislation. Moreover, they shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, per each seven-day period, every worker is entitled to a minimum uninterrupted rest period of 24 hours (plus the 11 hours' daily rest if possible).Įvery worker is entitled to a rest break if the working day is longer than six hours. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that every worker is entitled to a minimum daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours per 24-hour period.
The Directive gives legal definitions of the terms "working time", "rest period", "adequate rest", "night time", "night worker", "shift work", "shift worker", "mobile worker", "adequate rest" and "offshore work". The Working Time Directive also contains special rules that apply to certain categories of workers in particular mobile workers, offshore workers and workers on board of seagoing fishing vessels (who do not fall under the scope of directive 1999/63/EC). Sea: Council directive 1999/63/EC of 21 June 1999 concerning the Agreement on the organisation of working time of seafarers concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) and the Federation of Transport Workers' Unions in the European Union (FST).Air: Council Directive 2000/79/EC of 27 November 2000 concerning the European Agreement on the Organisation of Working Time of Mobile Workers in Civil Aviation concluded by the Association of European Airlines (AEA), the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF), the European Cockpit Association (ECA), the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and the International Air Carrier Association (IACA).Railway transport: Council Directive 2005/47/EC of 18 July 2005 on the Agreement between the Community of European Railways (CER) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) on certain aspects of the working conditions of mobile workers engaged in interoperable cross-border services in the railway sector.
Regulation 2006/561/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport Road transport: Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities.Such specific rules apply for transport sectors: However, the Directive does not apply where other Community instruments contain more specific requirements relating to the organisation of working time for certain occupations or occupational activities. In principle the Directive applies to all workers and all sectors, both public and private. It also aims to protect workers from negative health effects due to shift and night work as well as certain patterns of work.
It sets minimum periods of daily rest, weekly rest and annual leave, breaks and maximum weekly working time. This Directive lays down minimum safety and health requirements for the organisation of working time. It brings together the provisions of the Directive and relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the EU. The Interpretative Communication on the Directive published by the Commission in 2017 and updated in 2023 gives further explanations and aims to provide legal clarity. The Directive is in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights which includes the right to safe and healthy work and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union which establishes the right to fair and just working conditions. This Directive was replaced in 2003 by Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time. As early as 1993, a European Directive was issued on the organisation of working time.
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