Brussels, 16/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 15 October, the European Commission adopted a proposal to amend Directive 2002/15/EC on working time for drivers (EUROPE 8116). The new proposal aims to ensure that the existing working time rules apply to all employed professional drivers, including “false self-employed workers”, officially self-employed but in practice cannot organise working time themselves. In effect, the latter are covered by the same protection and inspection...