UK breaking work law says court

The UK government is breaking the law by not forcing employers to give their staff rest breaks between shifts, the European Court of Justice has ruled in a judgement announced 7 September 2006. The Court said that the guidelines are liable to render the right of workers to daily and weekly rest periods meaningless because they do not oblige employers to ensure that workers actually take the minimum rest periods.

European Court of Justice: Press Release, No.67, 2006 http://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp06/aff/cp060067en.pdf

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