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No downside of the directive is even considered on this page. Wow. If there's no downside, perhaps we can shoot for a maximum requirement of 24 hours a week work. unsigned — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.235.61.165 ( talk) 13:45, 10 October 2011 (UTC) reply

I came to this page as a junior doctor wanting to learn of the broader aspects of the impact of the EWTD. The article at present focusses very narrowly on the specific impact of impact upon UK junior doctors. I'd be interested to learn of how other fields have been affected - e.g. oil rig workers, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.112.17.192 ( talk) 07:35, 7 March 2009 (UTC) reply

Have the mentioned Directive 93/104/EC and its amending Directive 2000/34/EC not now been consolidated into Directive 2003/88/EC? -- Picapica ( talk) 20:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC) reply

The working time is limited to 72 hours in 7 days, not 48 hours as written in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.82.143.78 ( talk) 05:25, 16 September 2008 (UTC) reply

No, it's 48 hours. Specifically,

Section II Article 6

Maximum weekly working time

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, in keeping with the need to protect the safety and health of workers:

1. the period of weekly working time is limited by means of laws, regulations or administrative provisions or by collective agreements or agreements between the two sides of industry;

2. the average working time for each seven-day period, including overtime, does not exceed 48 hours.

from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=31993L0104&model=guichett —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.209.127 ( talk) 16:39, 26 November 2008 (UTC) reply

You're both right. The regulation specifies a maximum number of hours you can work in any given week and an average number of hours you can work per week with an a given period. For truck driver (who I write software for) they year is split into two reference period of 26 weeks, the average week for each period must not exceed 48 hours but in a single week they can work up to 60 hours.-Matt- 80.6.2.48 ( talk) 10:22, 6 March 2009 (UTC) reply

This page is very poor. The whole section on practical effects should be deleted as it is UK specific, medical specific and highly contestable —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.102.80.196 ( talk) 00:42, 13 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Agreed. This is an encyclopedia. There must be billions of forums where you can take your gripes; the EU consists of 27 members states, and God knows how many thousands of professions. If no contributions for at least one-third are forthcoming within a reasonable timeframe I can't see any justification for keeping this on the page. Sartoresartus ( talk) 03:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Ok, it's been five months and nothing interesting has been added, so I'm assuming the person who put it in has calmed down and we can now delete it. Sartoresartus ( talk) 13:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC) reply

You're not welcome to simply delete large chunks of material. If you think there should be material on other countries, get out a book, do some work, and put it in. Don't delete the stuff on the UK. Frankly I don't know if what's there is very good, but neither of you have made any worthwhile contribution on this page suggesting what's wrong. Wik idea 13:27, 20 November 2010 (UTC) reply

I am saying that this material is redundant and parochial, for the reasons laid out above, and I am indeed 'welcome' to delete anything I damn well like, as are you. The mere accummulation of words is no argument for keeping a section in. The sole questions are relevance and usefulness as an encyclopedic entry. On both counts this bit fails, so out it goes. If you wish to discuss the UK's National Health Service, and any problems it may have encountered as a result of the directive, do it on the appropriate page and link to this one. Just because web space is in theory limitless doesn't mean readers in search of concise encyclopedic information have to put up with endless irrelevant drivel from people with an axe to grind. Sartoresartus ( talk) 01:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC) reply

Go away, or do something useful. The page should have sections on the law in every EU member state. Wik idea 20:09, 16 February 2011 (UTC) reply

Where does the Working Time Directive says that workers get paid breaks? I can not find it anywhere... 46.115.43.125 ( talk) 10:53, 7 January 2013 (UTC) reply

Moved because article title is not found in the legislation, see similar case. Hekerui ( talk) 13:55, 26 August 2020 (UTC) reply