Union syndicale Solidaires Isère v Premier ministre and Others (C-428/09)

Judgment of 14 Oct 2010

law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-428-09/para_51@2026-11-14

51In order to ensure the worker’s safety and to protect his health effectively, provision must as a general rule be made for a period of work regularly to alternate with a rest period. In order to be able to rest effectively, the worker must be able to remove himself from his working environment for a specific number of hours which must not only be consecutive but must also directly follow a period of work in order to enable him to relax and dispel the fatigue caused by the performance of his duties. That requirement appears all the more necessary where, by way of exception to the general rule, normal daily working time is extended by completion of a period of on-call duty (see Jaeger, paragraph 95).

Union syndicale Solidaires Isère v Premier ministre and Others (C-428/09)

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