Is Work Performed by Foster Parents Working Time?
Posted in : Commercial Law for Employers on 29 January 2019
Kevin McVeigh
Elliott Duffy Garrett
In this month’s ‘Commercial Law for Employers’ article, Kevin McVeigh, Partner and Head of the Corporate and Commercial Department in EDG Solicitors, considers the CJEU case of Sindicatul Familia Constanţa Case C-147/17. In this case, the CJEU had to consider whether work performed by a foster parent under a contract of employment with a public authority fell within the scope of the Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC).
Sindicatul Familia Constanţa Case C-147/17
Key Issues: Social Policy – Working Time – Work Performed by Foster Parents
Case: Sindicatul Familia Constanţa
Reference: Case C-147/17, CJEU (Grand Chamber), 20 November 2018
Legislation: Directive 2003/88/EC
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Kevin McVeigh
Elliott Duffy Garrett
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