ESA(2004)1154 Évaluation d'impact approfondie, 22 September 2004. , the Commission has highlighted numerous research studies which demonstrate that fatigue increases with the number of hours worked, the inference being that ‘working time above 50 hours can, in the long term, have detrimental effects on workers’ health and the safety’ (page 21), and it also concludes that ‘it can be presumed that the situation would be better without the opt-out’ (page 24).
ESA(2004)1154 Évaluation d'impact approfondie, 22 September 2004. , the Commission has highlighted numerous research studies which demonstrate that fatigue increases with the number of hours worked, the inference being that ‘working time above 50 hours can, in the long term, have detrimental effects on workers’ health and the safety’ (page 21), and it also concludes that ‘it can be presumed that the situation would be better without the opt-out’ (page 24).