According to the Europe’s highest court, the time taken while travelling to work place and reaching back home at the end of each day should be counted as working hours.
The European Court of Justice have implemented that the workers without a fixed office should be able to charge for the time such journeys last, earlier they were not allowed to do so.
The companies could employee workers as electricians, gas, fitters, care workers and sales reps could be considered as breaking the law of EU working time regulations, if they would chose to abandon a regional office, for instance.
The Europe’s Court of Justice said, it was save guarding the “health and safety” of workers according to the European Union’s Working Time Directive. The ruling revolves around the legal case in Spain involving Ty-co, the security systems company.
The ruling said, “The fact that the workers begin and finish the journeys at their homes stems directly from the decision of their employer to abolish the regional offices and not from the desire of the workers themselves.”
“Requiring them to bear the burden of their employer’s choice would be contrary to the objective of protecting the safety and health of workers pursued by the directive, which includes the necessity of guaranteeing workers a minimum rest period.”
