ROAD TRANSPORT : WORKING TIME OF SELF-EMPLOYED STILL SPARKS DISAGREEMENT IN EP.

• Position: European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) rejected, on 23 February, a draft opinion on revision of the Working Time Directive for road transport workers. Rapporteur Said El Khadraoui (S&D, Belgium) proposed: 1. to include self-employed workers in the directive, 2. a flat-rate calculation of their working time, and 3. controls organised by the member states themselves, transmitted in the form of statistical statements to the European Commission every two years. Almost all the amendments were rejected during the vote and El Khadraoui himself suggested not to present the draft opinion to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), which is in charge of the dossier.

Working time for road transport workers is governed by Directive...