According to a recent BBC news report, the UK is continuing to resist pressure to end its opt-out from the EU's maximum 48-hour working week. UK employment minister Pat McFadden said: "We have said consistently that we would not give up the opt-out and that continues to be the case." The UK and 14 other EU member states have an opt-out from the working time directive - but in December members of the European Parliament voted to scrap the opt-out in three years' time. The 15 governments want to keep the flexibility of longer working hours. Mr McFadden said: "We argued that everyone has the right to basic protections surrounding the hours that they work, but also the right to choose those hours.”Choice over working hours has operated successfully in the UK and in other member states for many years. According to him, the recession makes it more important than ever that people keep the right to put more money in their pockets by working longer hours if they wish. Read the news here.
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