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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11324
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EMPLOYMENT / (ae) employment

Spain in Commission sights twice over working time

Brussels, 29/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 May, the European Commission said Spain had failed to respect European rules on workers' rights in night work and annual paid leave. In these two cases, Spain now has two months to ensure its legislation complies with EU law, failing which, it could be taken to the European Court of Justice.

The working time directive (Directive 2003/88/EC) stipulates that all workers have the right to annual paid leave of at least four weeks. The Court...

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