Brussels, 16/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission does not seem willing to ease European rules on working hours in the immediate future, unlike what it seemed to be hinting at in its first comments after the Court of Justice's ruling in the Jaegger affair which brings into question the non-payment of on-call periods in German hospitals (see EUROPE of 10 September, p.11).
By the end of the year, the European Commission must present a full report to the Council of Ministers of...