Traduction de «Temps de travail réel » (Français → Anglais) :

If we are to replace traditional job security with employability, we need a new approach to working time arrangements because new problems are emerging, such as how to turn part-time employment into full-time employment, what to do about weekly rests and the ban on working on public holidays, how far to adjust working time arrangements where paid work is turned into self-employment, how to control the application of specific working time arrangements in the case of teleworking, what new balance must be struck between home life and work and, finally of course, how can we make time spent on lifelong learning count as working time.

As regards the definition of working time and the implications of the ruling by the Court of Justice in the Simap case, which found that the time spent on duty by medical staff in first aid teams counted as full working time, the Commission is examining the implications of this case and has already held a meeting between the national authorities and the Commission services and is planning to schedule a study of the legal situation and the implications of this ruling on health systems and other sectors.

Its main elements are: Working time more broadly defined than existing rules on driving time: The scope of what constitutes working time includes activities such as un/loading or supervising passengers getting in and out of bus/coach; work connected with the cleaning, maintenance and security inspection of the vehicle as well as the safety of the vehicle, load and/or passengers; inclusion of standby duty defined as the time when a worker is at work and ready to take up working duties.

(Principal results of an employee survey in the member countries) (1) Compared with an earlier survey in 1977 : the desire for higher pay (1977 : 42%; 1985 : 61%) rather than shorter working hours (1977 :51%; 1985 : 31%) has clearly increased, probably because real incomes have risen very little over the last four years.

2. Improving the employment intensity of growth 2.1 Flexibility and work organization a) Part-time work should be facilitated and promoted on a voluntary basis, where necessary, through measures such as: . the provision of equal treatment of part-timers, with benefits proportional to the time worked . incentives to work-reorganization schemes which combine reduction of working time with new hirings . introduction of progressive retirement arrangements . introduction of part-time work possibilities by the public sector and administrations . offering people accepting to reduce working time the possibility to acquire new qualifications. b) ...[+++]The introduction of flexible working organization arrangements should be promoted, in a decentralized way, in particular in the framework of agreements between employers and employees.

Broader definition of working time than in the current rules governing driving time: it includes activities such as loading and unloading; supervising passengers getting in and out of buses and coaches; cleaning, maintenance and inspection of the safety of the vehicle; ensuring the safety of the vehicle, the load and the passengers; administrative formalities with police, customs and immigration officers; in addition, standby duty is defined as the time during which workers are at their place of work and ready to take up working duties.