Brussels, 14/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - A national regulation, which does not allow workers to benefit from their daily rest breaks during their work contracts, even if these involve a contract of an 80 day maximum a year, is not in compliance with directive 2003/88/EC on working time. It removes the very substance of the individual law developed through this directive.
This is the main thrust of the decision made by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday 14 October in Case...