52Thus, if the worker is, on average, called upon to act on numerous occasions during a period of stand-by time, he or she has less scope freely to manage his or her time during those periods of inactivity, given that they are frequently interrupted. That is all the more true where the activity required of the worker, during a period of stand-by time, is of a non-negligible duration.
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