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Working Time Directive talks collapse

7 November 2006

Commenting on the news that discussions on the Working Time Directive have collapsed Matthew Knowles, spokesman for the Federation of Small Businesses, said "The collapse of discussions today may be bad for relations between EU member states but for UK small businesses this is great news. The status quo is much better than either the Finnish proposals or the loss of the opt-out. The UK Government has again defended small businesses and their 12 million workers from both the loss of the opt-out and from a huge rise in red tape. Small business owners will be breathing a sigh of relief that the average 28 hours a month of form-filling they already have to do won't go any higher for the time being."



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