Presidential Decree proposed to implement working time Directive
Publikováno: 27 August 1998
In July 1998, the Minister of Labour and Social Security put before Parliament a draft Presidential Decree aimed at harmonising Greek legislation with the 1993 EU Directive on working time.
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In July 1998, the Minister of Labour and Social Security put before Parliament a draft Presidential Decree aimed at harmonising Greek legislation with the 1993 EU Directive on working time.
On 29 July 1998, the Minister of Labour and Social Security submitted to Parliament a draft Presidential Decree (PD) with the stated aim (in Article 1) of bringing Greek legislation into line with the provisions of Council Directive 93/104/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time.
In particular, the PD will set out the minimum requirements for the organisation of working time through provisions implemented over and above the provisions of labour legislation in force at a given time. The provisions of other national legislation containing regulations more favourable to workers than those set out in the new PD will continue in force. Expected to come within the scope of the PD are all businesses, plants, operations and works in the private and public sector, with the exception of top management of enterprises and certain branches of the economy, such as transport and telecommunications. Also outside the scope of the PD will be uniformed personnel of the armed forces and security forces, domestic service staff, workers in air, rail, road, sea and inland waterway transport, sea fishing and other activities at sea, and doctors undergoing training. The main provisions of the PD are the following:
for every 24-hour period, a minimum daily rest period of at least 12 consecutive hours;
for a daily period of work of more than six hours, a break of at least 15 minutes, with the right to leave the work station. Breaks may not begin at the beginning or end at the end of the working day;
a weekly rest period of at least 24 consecutive hours, at first including Sunday;
weekly work cannot exceed 48 hours on average, including overtime, over a period of up to four months; and
the regular hours of night workers must not exceed eight hours' work in every 24 hours on average, over a period of one week.
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Eurofound (1998), Presidential Decree proposed to implement working time Directive, article.
