| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : EUR, WE, EU, United Kingdom | | | | TOPICS : international relations, politics, social, decentralisation, foreign policy, government, health, labour, legislation, reform, regulation, constitution, judicial, opposition | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : The complex processes by which the directive was adopted and has subsequently been interpreted and renegotiated shed light on decision-making mechanisms in the EU. Moreover, the full implications and scale of the impact of the EU's Working Time Directive become clear with a series of rulings by the European Court of Justice that expanded its impact and the costs for member states of complying with it. The directive provides an insight into the nature and implications of EU social policy in an EU of 27 |
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