Do Employers Need to Record Working Time? The Court of Justice Gives Guidance in Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v. Deutsche Bank SAE

• Main Author: Rebecca Zahn
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu) 2019-07-01
• Series: European Papers
• Subjects: working time; rest breaks; health and safety; charter; record-keeping; control
• Online Access: https://www.europeanpapers.eu/en/europeanforum/do-employers-need-to-record-working-time-the-court-of-justice-gives-guidance

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2019 4(2), 663-667 | European Forum Highlight of 8 July 2019 | (Abstract) In Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v. Deutsche Bank SAE (Court of Justice, judgment of 14 May 2019, case C-55/18, CCOO), the Court of Justice held that Member States must introduce a system which requires employers to keep a record of actual daily working time in order to ensure the effectiveness of the rights provided for in the Working Time Directive 2003/88 and Art. 31, para. 2, of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. On the face of it, the Court's judgment in this case gives a straightforward answer to a straightforward question. Yet, the case also leaves a number of questions unanswered in relation to effective enforcement, the economics of the decision, and the implications for employers' control over workers' working time.