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Precluding Time Spent on Holiday in Overtime Calculations Incompatible with Working Time Directive

Posted in : Commercial Law for Employers on 11 April 2022
Kevin McVeigh
Elliott Duffy Garrett
Issues covered: Working Time; Annual Leave

Key Issues: Social Policy – Working Time – Annual Leave - Preliminary Ruling

Case: DS v Koch Personaldienstleistungen GmbH

Reference: Case C-514/20, CJEU (Seventh Chamber), 13 January 2022

Legislation: Directive 2003/88/EC

Background

In German national law, the Manteltarifvertrag für Zeitarbeit (Framework Collective Agreement for temporary employment – “MTV”), contains, in paragraph 3.1, concerning ‘working hours’, the following passages:

‘3.1.1. The regular monthly working hours for a full-time employee shall be 151.67 hours.

3.1.2. The regular individual monthly working hours shall depend on the number of days worked. The monthly working hours shall be:

  • 161 hours in a month comprising

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This article is correct at 11/04/2022
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Kevin McVeigh
Elliott Duffy Garrett

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