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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9896

7 May 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/employment
Mechtild Rothe's declaration on failure of parliament/council conciliation on working time - attempts to explain

Brussels, 06/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - Despite the conciliation procedure on the working time directive, the Parliament and Council did not succeed in reaching a compromise on three crucial aspects of the legislation: the opt-out clause, standby and the question of multiple contracts (workers who have more than one work contract). MEPs will therefore not vote on this directive (EUROPE 9892/9891/9884/9875/9864). Nonetheless, the vice president of the EP and president of the EP delegation at...

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