20th April 2010, 01:55 PM
BAJR Wrote:but it is not forced...
But surely there is a wider issue. In principle, (unlikely to happen, granted) more employers could start cranking up what is effectively the basic working week and it more or less becomes "forced" when there is no alternative means to support yourself. Hence the working hours directive. It seems to me that people have fought long and hard for many years to gradually improve conditions (I'm talking all employed people here, not just archaeology) and I'm uneasy at it all being thrown away.