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make it law so employers paid the travel as work

Submitted on Tuesday 27th September 2016

Rejected on Thursday 29th September 2016

Current status: Rejected

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make it law so employers paid the travel as work

Petition Details

The court 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.

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Time spent by plumbers, decorators and carers driving to their first customer of the day counts towards the 48-hour working week, a European court has ruled, in a decision the government admits will drive up costs for businesses.


In a defeat for the British government, the European Court of Justice ruled that time spent by tradesmen travelling between their home and their clients is “work”.


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