A study has analysed the 24-hour care of elderly people performed by commuting migrants from eastern Europe. It compiles published figures on migrant care workers and domestic workers and analyses the labour law regulation of their employment. Particular attention is paid to Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, stand-by time and the fact that in Liechtenstein live-in domestic workers are not subject to public labour law.
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