Brussels, 27/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 26 February, the European Commission sent Germany a reasoned opinion warning letter over its failure to respect the reference period laid down in EU Directive 2003/88/EC on the working week when calculating the maximum average working week for civil servants.
German rules say that civil servants have a twelve-month reference period for application of the 48-hours cap on the working week, but the EU directive on the working week foresees a...