The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down two rulings affirming that a period of stand-by duty can constitute working time in its entirety only when the constraints imposed on workers very significantly affect their ability to manage their free time during that period. These constraints however must result from the employer’s instructions and the CJEU has provided some new indications to help national judges assess the level of ‘intensity’ of such constraints.
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