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Corporate Governance Programme

Programme Director: Simon Deakin


Project: The Implementation of the Working Time Directive in the UK (Completed)

Project leaders: Catherine Barnard (Law), Simon Deakin, Richard Hobbs (Law)
Funding from: The European Commission Directorate General for Employment & Social Affairs


Overview   |    Output

Working Papers

Barnard, C., Deakin, S. and Hobbs, R. (2004) 'Opting out of the 48-hour Week - Employer Necessity or Individual Choice? An Empirical Study of the Operation of Article 18(1)(b) of the Working Time Directive in the UK'. CBR Working Paper 282.

Articles

Barnard, C., Deakin, S. and Hobbs, R. (2003) ‘‘Fog in the channel, continent isolated’: Britain as a model for EU social policy?’ Industrial Relations Journal, 34: 461-476.

Barnard, C., Deakin, S. and Hobbs, R. (2003) ‘Opting out of the 48-hour week: employer necessity or individual choice? An empirical study of the operation of Article 18(1)(b) of the Working Time Directive in the UK’ Industrial Law Journal, 32: 223-252.

Other Publications

Barnard, C. and Deakin, S. (2004) Financial Times, 6/1/2004, page 19 "There is no easy answer to long hours at work".

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