Brussels, 24/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - National legislation (in this case, French), which makes entitlement to paid annual leave to a minimum of 10 days effectively worked, runs counter to the directive on working time (2003/88/EC), which makes it an obligation for member states to guarantee that workers have paid annual leave of at least four weeks. The right to annual leave cannot be affected by the fact that the worker is on sick leave, if duly justified, either further to illness or...