CBI: 'Working time directive opt-out advantage for UK'
Jun 23 2008
“CBI: 'Working time directive opt-out advantage for UK'”
Under rules in the UK, employees are given the choice to work more than the 48 hours dictated in other European Union countries.
Louise Morgan, senior policy adviser in the employment and employee relations team at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), says that the ability to decide how many hours to work gives flexibility to both workers and their employers.
'What's nice about it is that it's about workers having the right to choose their own working hours and employers have the flexibility to respond to peaks in demand,' she comments.