Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations SI 2008/1660
The aim of the Regulations is to implement Directive 2005/47/EC, on an agreement between the representative bodies of the European railway employers and European railway employees on working conditions for workers engaged in interoperable cross-border railway services.
The Regulations amend existing domestic provisions on working time for railway workers engaged on international railway services.
In particular, the Regulations:
- give cross-border workers entitlement to rests and breaks from work;
- oblige the employer to take reasonable steps to make sure the requirements relating to driving time set out in the Regulations are complied with;
- require the employer...