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"I welcome in this report the confirmation of the European Left’s social vision, with socialist representatives criticising, quite rightly, the violation, by allowing the working time opt-out clauses, of the principle of not having any derogations from the legislation relating to health and safety at the employees’ workplace.
Even though flexible working hours, depending on the specific nature of the work and each person's ability, could produce good results, I cannot help but think about the numerous abuses to which employees are subjected. I am referring to the case of Romania where overtime is neither calculated nor legally paid in many cases. Any activity extending beyond the normal working day is not the result of any agreement between the employee and employer, but dictated by the employer’s will and discretion. Let us not even mention the danger to the health and life of those who have climbed into a mixer which they can only come out of at the risk of losing their job.
On many occasions, what is presented as boosting competitiveness at work is only a cover for exploitation.
I therefore think that this 48-hour limit is the preferable option. As far as on-call time is concerned, I feel that it is unfair that the ‘inactive period during on-call time’ is not considered as working time and, by implication, is not paid."@en1
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