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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10434

5 August 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 16
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/social
Concerns about “working time” directive

Brussels, 04/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - Revision of the European working time directive has provoked a number of concerns in France. On Wednesday 3 August, the president of the national fire-fighters federation (FNSPF), Colonel Richard Vignon, did not hesitate to describe this directive as being “dangerous”, according to a report by the AFP agency. His concern specifically involves the provisions that could assimilate voluntary work into the directive and therefore make regulation of this...