Entries by Bas Wientjes

New judgements on stand-by schemes and working time

Three years after the significant ‘Matzak’ verdict of the Court of Justice of the European Union (C-518/15), the Court addressed again the fine line between working time and rest periods under the provisions of Directive 2003/88 and came to new refined conclusions regarding the interpretation of stand-by periods.

CESI welcomes this week’s social proposals of the European Commission

This week, the European Commission put flesh to its employment, social affairs and gender equality agenda, submitting proposals to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights, to reduce gender pay gaps, to improve on the rights and opportunites of the disabled, to strengthen effective active support to employment, and to prolong the ‘escape clause’ of the Stability and Growth Pact.