Keeping up with the latest working time case law

Abstract

This text seeks to describe and analyse the legal framework and the criterion, set by the most recent case law of the Court of Justice of the Union, concerning the working time.

Following this purpose, it is composed of an introduction; the main legal instruments and some brief closing remarks, highlighting how de Court of Justice´s case law is causing some countries to change their Law. As follows:

1. Introduction - II. Main legal Instruments - 2.1 The Treaties - 2.2 The Directives - 2.2.1 The Working Time Directive - 2.2.1.1 Scope -  2.2.1.2 Definition (and specific periods) of time - 2.2.1.2.1 Travel time - 2.2.1.2.2 - On-call and stand-by time – 2.2.1.3 Paid annual leave - 2.2.1.4 Monitoring hours worked beyond limits - 2.2.1.5 - Right to disconnect - 2.2.2 The Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union - 2.2.3 The Work Life Balance Directive. - III. Closing remarks.